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36-Year-Old Charged With Murder Over Yeppoon Stabbing

The case moves to Rockhampton Magistrates Court after inquiries by specialist homicide teams.

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Overview

  • Police say a 27-year-old man was found with stab wounds at a Lammermoor address on Friday and died at the scene.
  • Investigators allege an altercation between the two men at a Maida Street home just after 7am preceded the stabbing.
  • The suspect allegedly fled in a white utility with a 20-year-old woman, crashed near Hamilton Creek close to Mount Morgan, then abandoned the ute.
  • Police allege the pair threatened another woman and took her car before officers intercepted it on Benaraby Road near Gladstone.
  • The woman was later released without charge, and a 36-year-old Berserker man is due to face the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Tuesday.