Dual Homicide Investigations Underway in Victoria After Two Separate Deaths

Police are investigating the suspicious death of an elderly man on Phillip Island and a fatal stabbing in Moe, with connections between the cases yet to be determined.

• An elderly man in his 80s was found dead at a home in Cowes, Phillip Island, on Monday morning, with police treating the death as suspicious.
• A man in his 50s, believed to have self-inflicted injuries, was located in nearby Ventnor and is under police guard as part of the investigation.
• Later the same day, emergency services responded to a suspected stabbing on O’Brien Lane in Moe, where a man was found critically injured and died at the scene.
• Homicide detectives are working to determine whether the individuals involved in the Phillip Island incident were known to one another.
• Authorities are continuing to investigate both incidents, with no confirmed links between the two cases as of now.

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