Northern Territory Police has defended taking five days to appeal for information relating to a woman’s death in Darwin last month, laying murder charges after initially declaring the death “non-suspicious”.
The victim’s partner has since been charged, marking the second alleged domestic violence murder in the space of two weeks.
And a warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers, this story contains the name of an Aboriginal person who had died, used with the permission of her family. This report was filed by Matt Garrick for ABC News Northern Territory.
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