What police found inside a quiet Port Macquarie unit has transformed a simple call for help into a chilling homicide investigation
What began as an ordinary welfare check on a sleepy street has exploded into a full-scale homicide case that has left the Mid North Coast shaken to its core.
Just before 11:40 a.m. on December 27, 2025, emergency services were called to a modest unit on Gore Street, Port Macquarie. The concern was simple: neighbors hadn’t heard from Megan Tangye, 31, and something didn’t feel right.
What responders walked into was anything but routine.
“She was barely alive”
According to authorities, paramedics arrived to find Megan gravely injured, her body marked by multiple unexplained traumas. The injuries were so severe that first responders immediately realized this was no accident.
“She had suffered extensive injuries,” a source close to the investigation revealed. “It was clear she had been through something horrific.”
Despite frantic efforts to save her, Megan’s condition rapidly deteriorated. She was rushed to hospital, but the damage was too great.
She later succumbed to her injuries.
From concern to crime scene
Within hours, police locked down the unit, declaring it an active crime scene. Forensic teams combed through the home as stunned neighbors watched from behind police tape.
By nightfall, investigators confirmed the unthinkable:
This was no medical emergency.
This was no tragic fall.
Police officially launched a homicide investigation.
A quiet home hiding violent secrets
Gore Street is known as a calm, working-class pocket of Port Macquarie — not the kind of place residents associate with violence.
“We never heard screaming. Never heard fighting,” one neighbor said. “You just don’t expect something like this here.”
That sense of safety has now been shattered.
Investigators are working to determine how Megan sustained her injuries, who was with her in the hours before her death, and why no one called for help sooner.
Questions that won’t go away
Police have not yet revealed:
- the exact cause of Megan’s injuries
- whether a weapon was involved
- if anyone else was inside the unit at the time
But sources confirm detectives are treating the case as suspicious and deeply concerning.
Every detail matters. Every hour counts.
A life cut short at 31
Friends describe Megan as a local woman known in the community, someone who didn’t deserve such a violent end.
“She had her struggles, like anyone,” one acquaintance said softly. “But this… this is unimaginable.”
As tributes quietly appear online, grief is turning into anger — and fear.
A community demanding answers
Residents are now asking the question echoing through Port Macquarie:
How did a welfare check turn into a death scene?
Police are urging anyone with information — no matter how small — to come forward as they work to reconstruct Megan Tangye’s final hours.
What happened inside that Gore Street unit is still a mystery.
But one thing is heartbreakingly clear:
A woman expected help —
and instead, she was found fighting for her life.
And now, an entire community is left waiting for the truth.