Overview
- NT Police have charged the 33-year-old partner with murder and he remains in custody ahead of a court appearance in Alice Springs.
- The man called for help about 5:50am Sunday near Barkly Homestead, where paramedics found the 27-year-old dead in a Jeep with visible facial injuries.
- Police say they have found no evidence the vehicle hit a kangaroo and are testing front-end damage to learn if it is recent or pre-existing.
- An autopsy is underway to determine the cause of death as detectives examine the Jeep and collect forensic evidence.
- Officers are tracing the pair’s trip from Gympie through Ban Ban Springs, Emerald, Winton, Cloncurry, Mount Isa and Camooweal, and are asking drivers for dashcam footage; family have identified the woman as Christine Marshall Hunter and are working to return her remains to Queensland.