Overview
- Blaise McIntyre, 25, was arrested outside a Windale home after a Triple Zero welfare call on Saturday night.
- Inside, officers found a woman in her 40s whom police believe to be his mother with fatal stab and facial injuries.
- He was charged with domestic-violence murder, refused bail on Sunday, and is due back in court in June.
- Police seized a household knife for forensic testing and say the caller was the man now charged, with no prior domestic-violence reports between them.
- About 4am Sunday in nearby Argenton, a man believed to be in his 30s died after six to eight masked intruders forced entry in what police called a targeted attack, and no arrests have been made.