25yo woman charged after 67yo found dead

Blair Jackson

23 September 2024 at 6:54 pm·1-min read

Generic — Police were called to a fatal incident at a Cairns house on Monday. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

A far north Queensland woman will face court on Tuesday charged with murder.

A woman in her 60s could not be resuscitated when emergency services were called to a Cairns home on Monday.

The woman died at a home in Cairns on Monday. Picture: iStock

Police will allege the death was a domestic violence murder.

Emergency services were called to a home on Joan St in the suburb of Bungalow on Monday, police said in a statement.

A 67-year-old Bungalow woman had sustained a life-threatening head injury.

Paramedics and police could not revive her, and she was declared dead at the scene a short time later.

A 25-year-old Cairns North woman is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on Tuesday to face a murder (domestic violence offence) charge.

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