00:01Police say the 27 year old woman and the 37 year old man charged with her murder were in a
00:07relationship prior to her death but it had ended recently.
00:11Officers say the 37 year old man phoned police in the early hours of this morning telling them the 27
00:17year old woman was unresponsive in his Slacks Creek home.
00:20Officers rushed to the scene where they found the woman had suffered an asphyxiation assault. She was declared deceased around
00:261am.
00:27This investigation is in its very early stages and we currently have a team of detectives from both the Logan
00:34District Criminal Investigation Branch and the Homicide Investigation Unit working tirelessly now to identify the circumstances leading up to this
00:45woman's death.
00:48At this point in time I would ask that if anyone has any information in relation to this to please
00:56contact police.
00:57There will be a forensic examination conducted at the scene today and there will be a post-mortem to determine
01:04the exact cause of death.
01:06Both the victim and her alleged killer are of First Nations descent.
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