Police investigating the alleged stabbing death of a man in the Lake Macquarie region overnight are urging a man who fled the home to come forward.
\nAbout 10.45pm (Sunday 20 January 2019), police and emergency services were called to Leumeah Place, Bolton Point, after reports of a stabbing.
\nA 35-year-old man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he died just before midnight.
\nDetectives from Lake Macquarie Police District and the State Crime Command\u2019s Homicide Squad have established Strike Force Larkview the investigate the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death.
\nThe Homicide Squad\u2019s Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin said police were following several lines of inquiry but were keen to locate a man who was at the home at the time of the stabbing.
\n\u201cWe have spoken to a number of people who were at the gathering, including a man aged in his 50s, all of whom have provided significant information about the incident,\u201d Detective Chief Inspector Jubelin said.
\n\u201cAt this stage of the investigation, we are keen to speak with a 32-year-old man who left the home prior to police arrival.
\n\u201cHe has been described to police as being of Caucasian appearance and 172cm tall.
\n\u201cI urge that man to come forward and speak with investigators as soon as possible,\u201d Detective Chief Inspector Jubelin said.
\nInquiries into the matter continue and police have appealed for anyone with information about the stabbing to contact police immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police investigating the alleged stabbing death of a man in the Lake Macquarie region overnight are urging a man who fled the home to come forward. About 10.45pm (Sunday 20 January 2019), police and emergency services were called to Leumeah Place, Bolton Point, after reports of a stabbing. A 35-year-old man was treated at the … Continue reading “Police seek man after stabbing death – Bolton Point”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}