Police have charged a man with murder after a body was found in a car parked at Umina Beach last week.
Emergency services were called to a carpark on Trafalgar Ave at about 3.15am on Monday, October 16, 2023, where officers from Brisbane Water Police District found the body of a 40-year-old man with stab wounds.
A crime scene was established and an investigation began involving detectives from Brisbane Water Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.
A 30-year-old man from Umina Beach was arrested at about 7.30am the same day at Gosford Police Station.
He was taken to hospital and was under police guard while receiving treatment for lacerations including surgery for a hand injury.
On Wednesday, October 18, detectives from Brisbane Water Police District charged the man on one count of murder.
He appeared in Gosford Court on Thursday, October 19 and was formally refused bail.
Source: NSW Police