Four people have been charged with murdering a man in the northern Perth suburb of Girrawheen, with a 17-year-old boy making a brief appearance in Perth Children's Court in connection with the alleged attack.
The body of Alan George Taylor, 42, was found at his home in Arnos Way on April 22.
Police said the fly-in, fly-out worker died from serious injuries suffered in an assault with an unknown weapon.
The boy was the first to be charged with the murder and appeared in Perth Children's Court on Tuesday morning.
He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody to face court again next month.
Meanwhile two men appeared in Joondalup Magistrates Court charged with murder.
Corey Joshua Dymock, 19, and Robert Wayne Edhouse, 20, were not required to enter a plea and were both remanded in custody to face Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court later this month.
A 35-year-old woman also charged with the murder is yet to face court.
Mr Taylor lived at the property with his partner and three-year-old son, among others.
