An elderly couple who died together outside their home may have been overcome by Melbourne’s blistering heatwave.
The bodies of Doyne Caspersz and his wife Marlene were found outside their home on Antigoni Court, Warrandyte around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Daily Mail Australia has been told CCTV captured their sad deaths on Sunday as temperatures soared in Warrandyte to 38C.
The sprawling suburban home where an elderly couple was found dead on Tuesday – two days after they were believed to be dead
Doyne Caspersz (pictured) and his wife Marlene were found dead at their home in Warrandyte, on a street known locally as ‘Millionaire’s Row’
It remains to be seen why the loved-up couple decided to leave their home, which is located in one of Melbourne’s most luxurious neighbourhoods.
Melbourne had been in the grip of a shocking heatwave, with temperatures soaring to 36 degrees on Monday as the couple remained undetected outside their property.
A detective at the scene on Tuesday told Daily Mail Australia that the couple’s deaths had been nothing more than a tragic accident.
“It was an accident,” said the policeman.
Shocked residents described the couple, both in their 80s, as friendly people who kept to themselves but waved at neighbors as they passed in the street.
They believed Mrs Caspersz had been battling Alzheimer’s disease and was cared for by both her husband and children.
Grief-stricken family members of the couple clashed with a woman who claimed to be an off-duty police officer
Daily Mail Australia understands police are not treating the couple’s deaths as suspicious. Pictured are detectives at the scene
On Tuesday, the couple’s devastated son, whom Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to name, said his parents had parked their car on a steep embankment in the driveway rather than directly outside the front door and had fallen on the short walk to the front door.
He hit out at suggestions his parents had died by “accident”, describing what happened as a tragic accident.
News crews from across Melbourne converged on the streets on Tuesday amid a spate of unrelated violence across the city.
‘There is no murder. The police have reviewed the recordings. For some reason … they went down the stairs,’ said the couple’s son.
It is understood that on the rare occasion that the couple ventured out in the car, they would park either in the garage or directly next to the house’s front door.
“From what we have been told by the police, this happened on Sunday,” the son said.
Police confirmed on Wednesday that the couple’s deaths were not being treated as suspicious.
“Police will prepare a report for the coroner after the bodies of a woman and a man were located in Warrandyte on March 12,” a police spokesman said in a statement.
“Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy.”
Police and medical examiners remained at the home after a crime scene was declared Tuesday morning
Neighbor Don Savoria described Mr Caspersz as an avid gardener and someone who was always willing to help.
Caspersz was also heavily involved in Melbourne’s Sri Lankan community and was vice-president of the Burgher Association, a club representing the Sri Lankan ethnic group in Australia.
“If he couldn’t start his ride-on lawnmower I would go over and help him, that’s what neighbors do,” Mr Savoria said.
‘To me your neighbors are better than friends or relatives because they are there. At a moment’s notice you need something, they are here immediately.’
‘I know his son didn’t want him to do the gardening because of his age, but mainly because he (Mr Caspersz) wanted to look after his mother (Marlene) because she wasn’t well.’