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Two people have been charged with murder and a slew of other serious charges over an incident that left a man dead north of Brisbane. Emergency services were called to the Mount Mee property on Wednesday night. They found an unresponsive 23-year-old Brisbane man with critical head injures when they arrived around 8:30pm. "It was obvious that this male person has sustained significant injuries to his body," Detective Acting Inspector Joe Zitny said. A 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were arrested at the scene and originally charged with attempted murder. The man died at the Brisbane Royal and Women's Hospital on Friday afternoon and the two were charged with murder on Saturday afternoon. The pair has also been charged with torture, assault and deprivation of liberty, common assault, disabling in order to commit indictable offence, grievous bodily harm, observations or recordings in breach of privacy genital or anal region, serious assault of police officer, torture, wounding and unlawful possession of weapons. Detective Acting Inspector Zitny said he understood the woman had alerted emergency services to the situation on Wednesday night. He said police understood the pair had been living on the property on Mclean Road, which has a number of dwellings, for four to eight weeks. Detective Acting inspector Joe Zitny says the investigation is ongoing. (ABC News: Sarh Richards) Police allege the incident occurred at a small dwelling towards the back of the property. Detective Acting Inspector Zitny said police believe the victim may have been at the property for three days. "There is evidence that suggests that the victim was in the vicinity of the address on Monday the 29th (of April) in the evening. There is evidence that the victim was in the location throughout Tuesday the 30th and into Wednesday the first of May," he said. "As to how he got there, we're still investigating. "At this stage indications are that the injuries sustained to the victim occurred over a prolonged period of time." He said that would be further investigated in a post-mortem scheduled for Tuesday. The pair will face court separately.(ABC News) Forensic examination of the scene has been undertaken and the dive squad was was called in to search a dam on the property. "This crime scene continues today and it is expected to continue," Detective Acting Inspector Zitny said. He said all three were known to police, adding the alleged and victim were known to each other but it was not a case of domestic violence. The pair are scheduled to appear separately on May 7 and the other on July 4 in the Caboolture Magistrates Court.