NORTHERN RIVERS MURDER INVESTIGATION | “THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW LIZ CAME TO BE CRITICALLY INJURED”
Police are treating the death of a Northern Rivers woman last month as a murder investigation, appealing for the public’s help to solve the case.
44-year-old Elizabeth Britton was found by her 16-year-old son bloodied and distressed at a unit on Elfran Avenue in Pottsville on the night of October 10.
She’d suffered multiple blows to the head and was rushed to Tweed Heads District Hospital, before being transferred to the Gold Coast University Hospital.
14 days later, on October 24, Elizabeth, fondly known as ‘Liz’, died.
Police are now encouraging a person riding a push-bike seen in the area on CCTV to come forward.
Tweed/Byron PD Crime Manager, Detective Chief Inspector Brendon Cullen, said he believed there are people who know how Ms Britton came to be injured that day.
“Ms Britton was in an extremely distressed state when she was located by family members that day.
“There are people who know how Liz came to be critically injured and how she sustained her injuries,” Det Ch Insp Cullen said.
Liz’s father, Colin Britton, said he simply wants to know what happened.
“Anyone who spoke with her that Saturday – a friend, a passerby, a neighbour – anyone that can piece together her movements and who she was with, please come forward to police,” said Mr Britton.
As investigations continue, strike force investigators are appealing for anyone who may have seen or heard any suspicious activity in the nearby area in the hours leading up the discovery of the injured woman to contact Tweed Heads detectives or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
