Man charged with murder after mother-of-three’s body found

  • Police charged a man, 55, with murder after a woman was found dead in the road
  • The 55-year-old man was known to the woman and will appear in court Tuesday
  • The 51-year-old woman’s body was found by a neighbour at 11.15pm on Sunday
  • A man – said to be her ex-husband – was found badly injured in a nearby street 

A man has been charged with murder after a mother-of-three was found dead in the middle of a quiet suburban street on the Gold Coast.

Police arrested a 55-year-old from Ashmore who they say was known to the woman and charged him with murder.

The man will face Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday. 

 

A man has been charged with murder after a mother-of-three was found dead in the middle of a quiet suburban street on the Gold Coast

The 51-year-old woman’s body was found in Arthur Payne Court, Worongary by a neighbour at 11.15pm on Sunday.

The neighbour tried to save the woman, but she was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

A 55-year-old man – said to be the woman’s ex-husband – was later found badly injured in a nearby street.

The 51-year-old woman's body was found in Arthur Payne Court, Worongary by a neighbour

The 51-year-old woman’s body was found in Arthur Payne Court, Worongary by a neighbour

A 55-year-old man, said to be the woman's ex-husband, was found injured in a nearby street

A 55-year-old man, said to be the woman’s ex-husband, was found injured in a nearby street

He was taken to hospital, where he is under police guard, Sunrise reported.

Police are treating her death as suspicious.

Officers have established a number of crime scenes, including at the home of the woman on Arthur Payne Court.

Police arrested a 55-year-old man from Ashmore and charged him with the woman's murder

Police arrested a 55-year-old man from Ashmore and charged him with the woman’s murder

 

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