Police take to TikTok comments to reassure Gold Coast community after four deaths in five days
Police have moved to reassure a community rocked after four bodies were found over five days.
A woman in her 70s was found dead in Palm Beach on July 21, following a weekend where a man’s body was discovered on the rocks at Echo Beach and another, believed to be in his 30s at a Varsity Lakes property.
A fourth person was found dead on the following Wednesday at Currumbin Creek near Whitsunday Drive, popular recreational and swimming spot on the southern Gold Coast.
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In response to one clip on TikTok, where someone claims there is a “murderer on the loose” without citing any evidence, Queensland Police replied to reassure people.
They posted in the comments: “We want to reassure the public that there is no risk to community safety.
“All matters are being treated as non-suspicious and unrelated.”
Originally published as Police take to TikTok comments to reassure Gold Coast community after four deaths in five days
