An elderly couple have died in what police have described as a ‘misadventure’ on a street known as ‘Millionaires Row’ in Melbourne’s north-east.
Police made the grim discovery of a man and a woman’s bodies at a double storey home on Antigoni Court, Warrandyte about 9.30am on Tuesday.
A police source told Daily Mail that the deaths were not being treated as suspicious and claimed that the pair had died tragically via ‘misadventure’.
The couple have since been identified as Doyne Caspersz and his wife Marlene.
Grief-stricken family members of the couple were angry when they arrived at the Antigoni Court home on Tuesday where an elderly man and woman were found dead
Doyne Caspersz (pictured) and his wife Marlene were found dead at their home
Police and forensic officers remained at the home after a crime scene was declared on Tuesday morning
However, a man believed to be the deceased couple’s son denied his parents had participated in ‘misadventure’. He also claimed that they had died on Sunday.
‘They fell,’ he told Daily Mail .
‘It’s not suspicious. There was no misadventure. I don’t know what they’re talking about.’
The man claimed his elderly parents, who lived on their own, had parked their car down a deep embankment on their driveway instead of directly outside the front door.
‘There is no murder. The police have gone through the footage.’
It’s understood at least one of the pair was found deceased in their car.
Police and forensic officers several hours at the home on Tuesday after a crime scene was declared.
‘The circumstances surrounding the deaths are yet to be determined,’ a police spokeswoman said.
‘Police will await the results of a postmortem to determine the causes of death and whether there are any suspicious circumstances.’
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Shocked residents described the pair as friendly who kept to themselves, but would wave to neighbours when passing by in the street.
A man believed the couple’s son hit out at police claims that the pair died tragically via ‘misadventure’
A woman believed to be a relative of the deceased couple turned on the media
Daily Mail understands that police are not treating the deaths of the pair as suspicious. Pictured are detectives at the scene
Neighbours also claimed that they saw the couple going about daily lives as normal on Sunday and Monday.
‘It is a shock to me and to their family,’ one man told the Herald Sun.
‘It is a tragedy.’
Distraught neighbour Don Savoria described Mr Caspersz as an avid gardener and a good friend who was alwys willing to help
‘If he couldn’t start his ride-on mower, I’d go over and help him out, that’s what neighbours do.
‘To me, your neighbours are better than friends or relatives, because they’re there. In an instant you need something, they’re here right away.’
Located in a quiet bushland suburb 25km from the CBD, Antigoni Court is home to a number of large mansions on one acre properties which are worth millions.
The house where the pair were found dead was built in 1993.
The most recent sale in the street was for $1.8m in 2016.
The median sold price in the suburb over the last year is $1,480,000 for houses.
A resort-style estate in a nearby street less than 1km away recently sold for $4.6 million-plus and smashed the sales record for Warrandyte.
Antigoni Court in Warrandyte remains a crime scene where a woman and man were found dead on Tuesday morning. Pictured are police at the scene
Antigoni Court, Warrandyte in Melbourne’s north-east is regarded as ‘Millionaires’ Row’