A man has been charged with murder after his partner’s body was found near a Northern Territory riverbed early on Monday morning.
Patrick Jungala Nolan, 49, appeared in Alice Springs Local Court on Wednesday charged with one count of murder and one of breaching a domestic violence order.
The 51-year-old woman was found unresponsive near the Todd River.
Police previously said an edged weapon was used in the alleged incident.
Nolan was taken into custody on Monday after contacting police and advising the woman was unresponsive at about 12.20am.
Officers arrived 11 minutes later and attempted CPR, but the woman was declared dead a short time later.
The 51-year-old woman was found unresponsive near the Todd River (pictured) in the NT
Police said it was the Northern Territory’s first alleged victim of domestic violence homicide for 2025.
Eight Aboriginal women died as a result of domestic violence in the NT between June and November 2024.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 7.6 times more likely to die by homicide than non-Indigenous women, the Our Watch violence prevention group said.
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