“MUMMY and Daddy are dead and there’s blood everywhere.”

These were the shocking words a five-year-old boy spoke to his neighbours after finding the bloodied bodies of his parents inside their Gold Coast home.

In the next heart-wrenching breath, the little boy told neighbours Nepia and Megan Kino that his mum and dad were being taken to hospital “to get sewn up”.

“I’m going to take them to hospital to fix their cuts so they can get better,” he said.

Mrs Kino said: “He didn’t understand they were dead.”

The boy has been left orphaned after soldier Christopher Robert Carter, 36, allegedly stabbed his ex-wife Renee, 39, and her partner Corey Croft, 43, to death as the child slept on Tuesday night.

The boy was in the Upper Coomera house for almost 24 hours as his parents lay dead, before their bodies were discovered by a relative late on Wednesday afternoon.

Police say Carter and his ex-wife had divorced 10 years ago but were still fighting.

They believe Carter, an infantry sergeant based at the Land Warfare Centre at Canungra in the Gold Coast hinterland, who also lived at Upper Coomera, went to the Skylark St house to confront his ex-wife and an argument broke out.

Carter, who is believed to have served in Afghanistan, then allegedly produced a kitchen knife and killed the couple violently.

He was arrested after police intercepted his 4WD on nearby Reserve Rd at Coomera early yesterday morning.

Police allegedly found bloodied clothes at a Coomera park and established a second crime scene.

Regional crime co-ordinator Superintendent Dave Hutchinson said police did not believe the boy had witnessed the murders, which allegedly occurred about 8pm on Tuesday.

Neighbours reported hearing a loud disturbance around that time but when they went to investigate, the house was silent.

The boy was in the house until his great-aunt found the bodies about 5.30pm on Wednesday. Police who arrived at the scene placed him in a blue forensic suit.

Supt Hutchinson said the boy seemed to be “doing OK” but would undoubtedly be traumatised.

“Obviously it’s an extremely traumatic experience for a five-year-old,” he said. “We can only hope at the end of the day that the fact he is young in years might reduce the impact on him.

“Any murder is horrific and this is a double murder. It’s been very traumatic for so many people, not just those immediately involved but the families that have been left ­behind. There are no winners at all.”

Supt Hutchinson appealed for anyone who may have seen Carter’s 1999 white Mitsubishi Pajero in or near Skylark St in the past week to call police.

Dressed in crumpled brown shorts and a blue singlet, a tired-looking Carter showed no emotion when he appeared in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday charged with two counts of murder.

Represented by a Legal Aid lawyer, he was remanded in custody until March 27.

A Defence Department spokeswoman said: “Defence is considering what administrative action may be appropriate in the circumstances; however, as this matter is ­continuing before the courts, it would be inappropriate for Defence to comment further or to speculate as to any possible outcome.”

Mr and Mrs Kino, who lived next door to the couple, said they were friendly but kept to themselves since moving into the rented home about six months ago.

They said the boy visited their house almost daily to play with their children.

“He came over most days – he was never shy,” Mr Kino said.