Suspicious death in a nursing home

johnboy 22 January 2012 22 January 2012

ACT Policing is investigating the circumstances around the death of an elderly male at a Narrabundah nursing home this morning.

The elderly resident was located by staff earlier today at the Upper Jindalee Nursing Home.

Police are treating the death as suspicious.

AFP Forensics and detectives from Criminal Investigations are in attendance.

[Courtesy ACT Policing]

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