Overview

• Officers arrived at the Mount Sheridan home in Cairns at about 7:15 pm on May 27 and discovered Krystel and James Paul, both 41, each with gunshot wounds in separate rooms.
• The couple’s nine-year-old daughter alerted neighbours and family before police were called and is now in relatives’ care with ongoing support.
• Detective Acting Inspector Alina Bell said authorities found no prior domestic violence complaints or mental health concerns in the couple’s history.
• Multiple firearms owned by James Paul were seized from the property as part of the homicide investigation.
• Authorities are treating the deaths as a potential murder-suicide and will prepare a report for the coroner while urging anyone with information to come forward.