An elderly woman has died and her son has been arrested after her body was found inside her house.
Police were called to the house on Sandpiper Loop in Yangebup, south of Perth, about 7.15am on Monday, where they found the body of a woman in her 70s.
A 54-year-old man, believed to be the woman’s son, was arrested and is assisting police with their inquiries. No charges have yet been filed.
WA Police are investigating the death of a woman after her body was found inside a suburban home, in Yangebup, south Pereth.
Homicide detectives and forensic agents remained at the scene Monday night.
The street remained cordoned off.
The woman’s death has shocked the neighborhood, where shocked neighbors have laid flowers in front of the woman’s house.
It is understood the woman had lived in the area for several decades and her husband died of cancer several years ago.
A man close to the family said Western Australia that they were “distressed.”
Another neighbor described her as “wonderful.”
“I walked up there about a year ago and I was out of breath and she offered me a drink of water so I could go back down,” he said.
“I thought a lot about her.”
Police investigations are ongoing.
Police and forensic agents remained at the crime scene Monday night.
