Grim details have emerged about how a woman was found dead in a pool of blood in a gruesome scene discovered by her husband on Easter Sunday evening.
Erin Gilbert, 42, was stabbed several times in the head with an unknown sharp object, causing “severe” wounds.
Paramedics were called to an address in Merrylands, western Sydney, late Sunday after Ms Gilbert was found in their living room by her husband, Nic.
Mr Gilbert performed CPR after finding his wife face down in a pool of blood, and paramedics rushed to resuscitate her, but she could not be saved.
Police told reporters that her “injuries were very severe and serious” and they feared someone else had been on the unit with Ms. Gilbert.
Erin Gilbert’s lifeless body was found in a pool of blood by her husband Nic at their home in Merrylands. Pictured is the couple on their wedding day
Erin Gilbert and her husband (pictured) had been together for at least four years
Mr. Gilbert assisted police in their investigation on Sunday and Monday but was released without charge.
It is believed he is not a suspect, with CCTV confirming his alibi.
The killer remains on the run for more than two days after the attack.
Mr Gilbert paid tribute to his late wife on Facebook and updated his biography saying: ‘I was broken and then I found my best, my better half.
“Without you bub… I love you.”
An earlier post from May 2019, dedicated to Ms. Gilbert and their pet cat, Bonnie, hinted at someone ‘trying to come between them’.
“They are my world and without them I would be lost,” wrote Mr. Gilbert.
“To the horrible fake lonely person who keeps trying to get between us, well I suppose you remind us that we are so deeply in love that no matter what games you try to play or how good you are at them you won’t come between us.
“And the day you do, I promise you there will be no God to protect you from me!”
Ms. Gilbert’s body was discovered face down in a pool of blood in a unit block (forensic police pictured)
Mr. Gilbert spoke fondly of his future wife that same year, saying, “I fell in love because after getting to know you I realized I wanted to make you a permanent part of my world.”
Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that Mr. Gilbert or the unknown ‘lone person’ is responsible for Ms. Gilbert’s death.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert were both known to the police for “small business.”
Detectives have launched Strike Force Trevelyan to get to the bottom of what happened in Ms Gilbert’s final hours at her home on Sunday night.
“We definitely think something happened on Sunday night … when the police arrived, she hadn’t long died,” Cumberland Police Superintendent Andrew Holland told reporters on Tuesday.
“Erin was home that night in her apartment building…we know neighbors heard her in the apartment building, she spoke that night.
“We’re just concerned that someone else has been on the block with her.”
“We need to know what happened, who was there.”
Erin Gilbert’s husband’s Facebook page is full of lavish tributes to her
Erin Gilbert and her husband Nic. He was questioned by the police and released without charge
Forensic officers used a ladder to search Erin’s balcony for clues
Supt Holland revealed that her husband had made the triple-0 call and had been “very obliging” with police during their investigation.
He said Ms. Gilbert’s family had asked for privacy and she did partner was well known in the local community.
No one has been ruled out as a suspect.
“Anyone who has lost a daughter can only imagine how hard it is for (the family),” Supt Holland said.
“People don’t realize that something they’ve seen days before can be a useful piece of information.
“We need a timeline of what happened before the incident.”
It is clear that the couple moved to Merrylands seven months ago.
“I knew her and her husband, they were pretty quiet people,” a shocked neighbor told the Daily Telegraph.
“I sew and she came up to me and asked if I could teach her how to sew, so that’s what we did.”
Erin and her partner were dating when he shared this gushing post in 2019
He also hinted at the time that someone had tried to come between him and Erin
The forensic police collected a blood-stained sock from the crime scene to take away
A crime scene was extensively investigated by the specialized forensic police on Monday.
Forensic officers swarmed the block of Newman Street and were seen taking swabs from the balcony railing and into the doorway.
A circular rainbow rug hung over the railing, while the balcony was littered with other items, including a telescope, a wooden jewelry box, and a number of plastic containers.
Forensic officers dressed in blue security suits sealed a number of items from the home in brown evidence bags as uniformed officers watched.
Police released a photo of Erin Gilbert (pictured) as an investigation into her death by strike forces was launched on Tuesday
One bag was marked ‘mascara found next to deceased on bed in bedroom’ and stacked against the wall of the block with at least five others.
Officers were also seen closely inspecting the open entrance beneath the apartment, one of them holding a blood-soaked sock.
It is clear that sheets and a comforter in the house were also stained with blood.
Police have established a crime scene at the address and are investigating her cause of death.
Strike Force Trevelyan is set up to investigate Erin Gilbert’s death. The photo shows police at the Newman Street crime scene on Monday
It is understood that Mrs. Gilbert’s body was found late Sunday evening by her husband in their living room. In the photo, the police are on site the next day