Peaceful town of Campania rocked by couple's 'extremely confronting' murder-suicide

By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 04:50, 16 May 2026 | Updated: 04:52, 16 May 2026 A peaceful town in Tasmania home to just over 1,000 residents has been rocked by a 'extremely confronting' murder-suicide.  The bodies of a couple aged in their sixties were found by police officers at a rural property on Native Corners Road just after 10am on Friday.  It's understood the man phoned a family member, who then called triple-zero. Detective-Inspector David Gill from Tasmania Police said the scene was 'extremely confronting' for first responders.  Paramedics were the first to find the man and woman deceased at the property.  Det-Insp Gill thanked the family member who provided detailed information to police. 'I can't, out of respect for the family members, and also due to the nature of the investigation, I won't go into too much detail,' he told media on Friday.  'I can categorically say that this couple were not known to police in any way, shape or form, there had been no interaction at all.' Det-Insp Gill said it appeared the man had ended his own life using a knife and that a 'female inside the residence has received injuries causing her death'.  A peaceful town in Tasmania home to just over 1,000 residents has been rocked by a 'extremely confronting' murder-suicide (ambulances at the scene are pictured) The bodies of a couple aged in their sixties were found by police officers at a rural property on Native Corners Road (pictured) just after 10am on Friday 'The investigation thus far indicates it is a family violence incident and we are treating this as a murder-suicide,' he said.  No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.