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A man has been charged with the alleged murder of a woman who died in a Western Australia home on Christmas Day.
According to the Western Australia Police Force, a 30-year-old man was charged with murder after a woman died in Western Australia’s Cable Beach, Broome.
Police have confirmed that on Monday December 25 at 6pm, a 34-year-old woman was found in a residence on Roe Place with serious head injuries. Despite immediate medical treatment at the scene, the woman died as a result of her injuries sustained at the home.
Following an investigation into the woman’s death, Homicide Squad Officers charged a man with murder on Wednesday afternoon. Police also claim that he was known to the woman.
The 30-year-old is due to appear in Broome Magistrates Court on Thursday, December 28.
The 34-year-old’s death comes a week after another woman was found dead in a kitchen at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. A day after the woman was found, 29-year-old sous chef Jude Wijesinghe was arrested and charged with murder.
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