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A 34-year-old man has been charged with murdering his mother after a woman was found dead at a property on Thursday morning in Far North Queensland.
Police were called to a Downs Street property in Mareeba, a rural town about an hour inland of Cairns, about 7.15am on Thursday.
A woman was found dead at the property and a crime scene was declared.
A man, later confirmed as the woman’s son, was taken into custody at the scene.
He was charged with a domestic violence murder, interfering with a body and contravening a domestic violence order.
The man was due to appear in the Mareeba Magistrates Court on Friday.
Anyone in the area between 3.30pm on Wednesday and 7.15am on Thursday who might have relevant information was urged to contact police.
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