Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden: Gold Coast councilor charged with murder after his stepfather’s body was found at his home
- Alderman Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has been charged
- His stepfather was found dead after reports of a ‘disturbance’
A Gold Coast Councilor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has been charged with murder after his stepfather was found dead.
Police were called to a house on Chiffley Pl in Arundel just after 3pm on Wednesday due to reports of a ‘breakdown’ at the Bayldon-Lumsden home.
Shortly after emergency services arrived, they discovered the body of the 58-year-old man, the de facto partner of the councillor’s mother.
Gold Coast councilor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has been charged with murder
Despite the best efforts of paramedics, he could not be saved.
“The man died at the scene,” a spokesman for QPS said.
Bayldon-Lumsden was led away by police, wearing a blue forensic suit and paper bags taped over his hands.
Detectives and forensic officers will remain in the house for the next night.
Bayldon-Lumsden serves in Division 7 of Gold Coast City and was elected in 2020.
He is known as a teetotaller and worked as a schoolteacher before launching his career in local politics in 2020 at the age of 27 – the youngest ever elected to the council.
Wednesday morning — just hours before the “outage” — he shared photos of a “Walk or Wheel Wednesday” at Arundel State School, describing the day as “beautiful.”
The alderman was led away by the police, dressed in a blue forensic suit and with paper bags taped over his hands
Detectives and forensic officers stay in the house all night while the investigation is ongoing