Enquiries are still continuing following the discovery of a body in an East Lismore unit on Saturday morning.

The NSW Police media unit told the Lismore App there is no additional information at this stage.

Detectives and police vehicles could be seen in Rosedale Square and along Wyrallah Road yesterday as forensic evidence was being collected and enquiries continued.

The body is believed to be that of the 60 year old occupant but has not been formally identified. The circumstances of her death are being treated as suspicious.

More news as it comes to hand.

ORIGINAL STORY

A police investigation is underway after woman's death in East Lismore this morning.

About 10.40am today (Saturday 22 August 2020), emergency services were called to a unit on Rosedale Square, East Lismore, after a woman’s body was found.

The woman is yet to be formally identified, however, she is believed to be the 60-year-old occupant.

Officers from Richmond Police District established a crime scene, which will be examined by forensic officers.

Local detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have established Strike Force Boughton to investigate the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death, which is being treated as suspicious.

No further information is available at this time.