Police attend sudden death near Felton Matthew Ave, Glen Innes. Photo / Michael Craig
A person has been found dead on a public walkway in Glen Innes.
Police said this morning they were at the scene of a sudden death incident near the Glen Innes train station.
Inquiries were under way and the death was being treated as unexplained. No further details were available.
Cordons were in place at the scene and the walkway between Felton Mathew Ave and the train station was closed. Train services were not affected.
A person who worked in a building alongside the walkway said there were five or six police cars at the scene and a forensics van with eight staff working at the site.
Another worker nearby said the police and ambulance were at the walkway when they arrived at work just before 6am. A person was carried out in a body bag soon after, they said.
She was stabbed repeatedly in the face, upper torso and abdomen by a man in her home.