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Man charged with murder of woman found in shared home

May 18, 2026

Victoria Police tape — A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found at her Hobart home. -AAP Image

A man has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was allegedly found inside the home they shared several weeks after her death.

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The discovery of the 61-year-old woman's body was made on Saturday by a relative of a 56-year-old man who lived with her at a New Town home in Hobart.

Police charged the man on Monday with one count of murder.

Police and members of the acute mental health team had attended the property on Saturday morning to take the man to a mental health assessment but did not enter the home, Tasmania Police Detective Inspector David Gill said on Sunday.

"The mental health team and police have spoken to the male person at the residence where he was immediately detained for that mental health assessment and conveyed to the Royal Hobart Hospital," he said.

"It wasn't until later that day that another person attended the address to visit and then found the body of the deceased woman on the floor."

Det Insp Gill said the woman had been dead inside a corridor of the house for a number of weeks and alleged the man had not alerted police to her death.

The home the pair had shared for some time was "chaotic", with clutter everywhere.

The man will appear in Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

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