Police probe whether dogs linked to savage Chermside attack also had role in man’s death

Key points

• Police are investigating whether two dogs involved in a savage attack on a runner in Chermside may have also been involved in the death of a 48-year-old man found nearby.
• The man's body was discovered on Sunday in bushland off Kittyhawk Drive, with forensic work underway to determine if the dogs had any interaction with the deceased.
• The dogs, an American Staffordshire Terrier cross Bulldog and a Bulldog cross Boxer, are in the care of Brisbane City Council, which has issued a destruction order for the animals.