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A gardener has been taken into custody after a man was found dead and a woman was found with serious injuries at a home north of Brisbane.
Officers were met with a "confronting" scene when the pair in their 70s were found with serious head injuries at Bramston Court in Burpengary East home this morning, Detective Inspector David Harbison said.
Nick Reeves died at the scene while his wife Sue Reeves was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
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The couple has called Bramston Court home for more than three decades.
A 26-year-old man from Boondall was taken into custody and a homicide investigation has been launched.
Police said the man was metres away when they arrived at the scene and he didn't resist arrest.
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9News understands the man, who was working on a nearby garden, was hired by the couple's neighbour.
Their regular contractor wasn't available today so the 26-year-old was sent instead.
Harbison also said police would investigate whether weapons or implements were used in the alleged attacks.
"As I said it's very early days in the investigation so we don't have the full facts yet," he said.
"I'll stress that this is not a domestic and family violence incident".
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Douglas Hutchings, who was across the road at the time, desperately tried to help Sue.
"I just helped the police officers and the ambulance officers put her on a gurney and put her in the ambulance," Hutchings said.
It is understood several neighbours helped police after the discovery was made.
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Support will be offered to the police officers who attended the welfare check.
"Unfortunately this is policing and it's happening too often," Harbison said.
"Our first responders will seek some help for them and make sure they're OK and not too traumatised.
"The same goes for the QAS (Queensland Ambulance Service) and the first responders that attend all of these incidents."
Detectives and forensic teams are combing two properties.
Police are asking members of the public who were in the area between 9am and 9.50am to come forward if they have information or dashcam footage.
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