Northern Territory Police have spent the day scouring the dry bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs for clues following the death of a woman overnight. Her partner, a 49-year-old man, has been arrested and remains in custody, with charges yet to be laid.
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00:00The picturesque Todd River in Alice Springs, now a crime scene stretching hundreds of metres.
00:09A 51-year-old woman found dead on its sandy banks overnight.
00:13Her 49-year-old partner making the call to 000 before being arrested nearby and taken into custody.
00:21Officers now investigating whether he caused her death with a weapon.
00:25It's horrible, it's not what we wanted or expected.
00:28We're doing a lot of work out there with the community
00:31and as you see the prisons are full and overflowing
00:35and I expect that will have a follow on to the safety of the community which is our focus.
00:39Police today confirming investigators are treating it as a domestic violence homicide.
00:45It comes days after a separate incident in Alice Springs
00:48where a man's body was found naked on this track near Undulia Road by passers-by
00:54and while the circumstances of this death continue to be investigated
00:58police believe it may have been caused by a drug overdose.
01:02We're still investigating and we're investigating it as a suspicious death
01:06just for completeness.
01:08We don't think it is as a result of a homicide at this stage.
01:13The post-mortem is scheduled for tomorrow and so that will really put that to bed.
01:18Police say the man was known to authorities
01:21and witnesses reported seeing him behaving erratically earlier on Saturday.
01:26The investigation is expected to conclude within a few days.