Mandurah, WA: Home invasion gone wrong suspected in man’s death as it’s revealed he had proposed to his partner the day before

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found with serious injuries in a house and later died, the day after proposing to his partner.

Emergency services found the man, in his 40s, with serious injuries in a home on Renison Drive on Mandurah, south of Perth, at 01:45am on Monday.

St John Ambulance paramedics attempted to resuscitate the man, but he died at the scene.

It is suspected that the death was the result of a failed home invasion and that the victim was beaten with a weapon.

Western Australian police have released CCTV footage showing a shadowy figure running away at the time of the death.

Forensic investigators are currently examining the crime scene and interviewing neighbors to determine what happened.

A local woman said she woke up in the middle of the night to police shining lights into her yard.

“I saw the lights through the windows, about three or four police cars, and then an ambulance patrolling up and down the street, looking into the gardens,” she said. told 9News.

According to the news agency, a friend said that the man had only proposed to his partner the day before his death.

Police have asked anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage from the area between approximately 11pm on Sunday and 2.30am on Monday to come forward. call Crime Stoppers.

Security footage from the area captured a shadowy figure running from the home around the time of the man’s death.