Much-loved man lay dead outside home for a day after interrupting alle…

A much-loved husband and soccer coach, who has been described as "sunshine", lay dead in his front yard for almost a day after interrupting an alleged robbery at his home on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Zdravko Bilic, 57, was found dead with stab wounds outside his luxury beachside home in Warana about 7.30pm on Monday.

Today, police charged a 15-year-old boy from West Woombye and a 17-year-old boy from Beerwah with murder.

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Detective Inspector Chris Toohey said the pair were also charged with other break-in and enter offences, one that occurred earlier on the same night of the alleged stabbing and another the day before.

The teenagers are due to appear at Maroochydore Children's Court today.

Toohey alleged that the teenagers had broken into the home about 11.30pm on Sunday when Bilic walked in on them.

"An altercation occurred, and as a result of that altercation, he received two fatal stab wounds," Toohey said.

Wife Gry Susann Tomte had been in Melbourne at the time — where she runs her popular high-end skincare business HÜD — and contacted a neighbour the next day after becoming concerned when she had not heard from Bilic. 

The neighbour headed to their home and found Bilic dead about 7.30pm on Monday.

Police have since retrieved the allegedly stolen item, which Toohey said was Bilic's car keys.

A suspected murder weapon has also been seized and is being forensically examined.

Investigations are ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

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Tributes pour for 'well-loved' member of Warana community 

Tomte, who had been with her husband for 28 years, said the "void he leaves behind is unbearable".

"From the moment we met, both of us living away from family in the new country we had fallen in love with, we knew instantly we were each others' 'person'," she said in a statement.

"We were complete opposites — and together we made a whole.

"But apart from being my world, and that of his family and close friends, he was so much to others too.

"If you've had the privilege of being in Zed's presence, you'll know that he was literal sunshine. And the world is a little less bright without him in it."

Bilic was a soccer fan, a soccer coach to the local children, and had worked at childcare centres in the area.

Tomte said she has received loving messages from teachers and parents of "his kids".

"He lights up the room with his energy, vibrance, kindness, humour and passion as a coach and a male figure to the children," one message read.

"We are so blessed to have worked with him," another read.

"He will be missed by the children who are constantly asking for him and looking forward to seeing him," a third read.

Toohey said the death has impacted the wider community.

"Bilic was a strong member of the Warana community, and is a well-loved member of the Sunshine Coast district," he said.

"He will be missed by this community."

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