Car crash leads police to gruesome Lake Macquarie stabbing death

By Sam Rigney
Updated December 5 2016 - 2:08am, first published December 4 2016 - 11:37pm
Police were led to the crime scene after stopping at a car crash. Photo: Paul Harris
Police were led to the crime scene after stopping at a car crash. Photo: Paul Harris
Police officers stand guard outside a housing commission unit on William Street, Toronto, where a woman was killed last night in a suspected domestic violence incident. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Police officers stand guard outside a housing commission unit on William Street, Toronto, where a woman was killed last night in a suspected domestic violence incident. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

On the surface it appeared to be a routine call-out for a car that had left the road and a driver who had suffered minor facial injuries.