Overview
- Paramedics in Joondalup reported Wednesday morning that a man carried a woman to their stretcher on Grand Boulevard, and they found she was already deceased.
- WA Police cordoned the area and collected CCTV from nearby buildings, later seizing an ambulance for forensic testing as detectives also raided a Merriwa home.
- Luke Ritchie, 35, was located later Wednesday and charged with unrelated drug, weapon and driving offences after officers took him into custody.
- In court Thursday, Ritchie said the woman was his fiancée and claimed she died by self-harm, and his bail application on the new charges was refused.
- The Coronial Investigation Unit is still determining cause of death, and police say there is no community threat and ask for dash‑cam or CCTV from 9:30am to 9:45am on Grand Boulevard.