Three children ran to their neighbours to raise the alarm after a 52-year-old man and 40-year-old woman were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide.
The tragic discovery was made about 6.30 AEST on Tuesday morning at a property in the northern Gold Coast suburb of Pimpama.
Authorities confirm the young children were in the home at the time of the incident, who alerted neighbours before police arrived.
Authorities were initially called to the scene following reports of a disturbance, but a neighbour said they hadn't heard anything in the hours before the gruesome discovery.
"We didn't hear anything or see anything,' a neighbour told The Courier-Mail.