Woodville man's death now homicide inquiry

The investigation into the death of a Woodville man has been upgraded to a homicide, police say.

Police were called to a house just after 3pm yesterday.

The death was initially being treated as suspicious, but had been upgraded to a homicide, a police spokeswoman said today.

Central District Detective Inspector Chris Bensemann said yesterday a number of witnesses were being spoken to.

A post-mortem examination was due today.

The investigation was in its early stages, Mr Bensemann said.

"Preliminary witness accounts indicate that an altercation had taken place."