On January 4, Frank Cianciosi was found dead in his East Perth apartment. His partner, Gerurdas Gerrit Heijne has been charged with Cianciosi’s murder. The police were brought to the apartment after Mr Heijne’s solicitor contacted them. According to the AAP report, Det-Sgt Terry Rakich said, ‘police will allege there was a verbal and physical altercation and as a result of that we now have a deceased.’ Mr Heijne is currently in police custody and is scheduled to appear in the Supreme Court on February 4.