Overview
- Police allege a 27-year-old fatally stabbed a 57-year-old at a Dutton Street unit in Coolangatta shortly after 1pm Thursday.
- Officers arrested the suspect at an Upper Coomera property at about 2:04pm, where a knife was seized for forensic analysis.
- The accused has been charged with murder and unlawful use of a motor vehicle and is scheduled to appear in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday.
- Investigators say the two men knew each other and are understood to have lived together at the Coolangatta address.
- Police are not seeking anyone else, are interviewing local workers who reported the suspect’s behavior, and are appealing for dash-cam or other footage.