Overview

• On July 29 the WA Police Homicide Squad formally reclassified the April 18 incident as a homicide and launched a renewed investigation.
• Authorities published CCTV showing Elmars Kalejs walking through the Settlers’ Common Environmental Centre carpark in a blue and black checkered shirt and black hat shortly before he was found unconscious.
• Investigators are urging anyone with information from midday April 17 to midday April 18 to come forward and clarify how he sustained serious head trauma and broken ribs.
• Detective Senior Sergeant Jarrod Manson stressed that there is no evidence of any ongoing risk to the public following the release of CCTV footage.
• His daughter, Courtney Mallard, appealed for witnesses to provide information, saying the family needs answers to find closure.