the wife of an australian podiatrist who was found stabbed seven times in the bahamas is being questioned by police in relation to his death the body of phillip vasyli, 59, was found inside his home in exclusive gated community old fort bay on new providence island local police said the married father of two had been dead for seven hours before a worker found him, 9news reported scroll down for video  phillip vasyli was found with seven stab wounds in his body inside his gated community home in the bahamas  donna vasyli (pictured far right) has two children with mr vasyli, including daughter lauren (pictured far left) police removed the 59 year old's body from his house this morning as his wife was questioned  detectives took mr vasyli's wife, donna, into custody following the discovery, saying she was a person of interest in the investigation no one has been charged over the well known podiatrist's death in his 30 year career, mr vasyli has treated more than 50,000 people and established three sydney practices, according to his website he has since sold the businesses he also started up a orthopedics brand, which is available in more than 25 countries, including the united states and the united kingdom donna vasyli (third from right) helps her husband run his not for profit organisation, vasyli foundation  the podiatrist had 30 years experience and had started up three practices in sydney  mr vasyli started up a brand of orthapedic shoes the range includes  footbeds, slippers, sandals and walking shoes  local police found his body seven hours after he had died about 8am local time on tuesday  the range includes over the counter orthotic footbeds, slippers, sandals and walking shoes police were called to mr vasyli's home about 8am local time on tuesday, local media reported it is believed the podiatrist owned two homes in the gated community with an office at the nearby medical centre a friend left a heartfelt tribute to mr vasyli on his facebook page it is believed mr vasyli owned two houses in the old fort bay area inside the gated community  mr vasyli moved to the bahamas from sydney and set up a practice at a nearby medical centre  the 59 year old was found inside his old fort bay home, which was inside an exclusive gated community  the podiatrist would share idyllic pictures of his home on social media  this one was taken from inside mr vasyli's home on old fort bay island  'rip phil, it's comforting to know you are finding peace with the angels [sic] you will be missed,' she said another woman wrote: 'devastated to hear of phil's passing i'm an old school friend praying for comfort for his family rip phil' donna vasyli is the mother of mr vasyli's two children, aron and lauren he was also an avid fan of mixed martial arts fighting the sydney man often shared photos related to the sport  a friend of the podiatrist left a heartfelt tribute on his facebook page following his death  the podiatrist's not for profit organisation provides health support to third world countries and ms vasyli is a 'kind soul and bright spirit', according to its website she was a dental technician in sydney before she met her husband the mother of two works for the vasyli foundation, alongside her children sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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an australian podiatrist has been found stabbed to death in the bahamas . phillip vasyli, 59, was discovered with seven stab wounds in his house . police received a call about 8am local time on tuesday and made the find . his wife, donna, is a person of interest and has been taken into custody 