BREAKING: Man's body found days after death
Tragic Death
The body of a man who had been dead for up to 11 days has been found in a small room in community housing overlooking busy Macrossan Street in Australia’s premier tourist destination of Port Douglas.
Police were on the scene for much of Wednesday afternoon, November 11, the body removed that night.
Early details are that a woman, believed to be a backpacker staying at the accommodation, checked on the man having not seen him for over a week.
Residents in the street early this morning reacted to the news with shock.
“You hear about this happening in the city, but not here,” one woman said.
“Port Douglas is a place that has people from one extreme of wealth to another.”
It is understood the person was living in the accommodation as a community housing arrangement.
