Police Probe Suspicious Death of Man Found Weighing Just 29 Kilograms

Authorities are appealing for anyone who had contact with the north Queensland family in the months leading to his death to come forward.

Police tape outside a house in Brisbane, Australia on June 9, 2022. Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Detectives are probing the death of 56-year-old Isaac Oar, a non-verbal man with Down syndrome, who was found unresponsive at a property on Alice Street in Ayr, south of Townsville, on Aug. 10, 2023.

Emergency services pronounced Oar, also known as “Ike,” deceased at the scene, and his death is being treated as suspicious.