Woman found dead dead in Alice, man charged

A man has been arrested after a woman was found dead near an Alice Springs riverbed early on Monday morning.

The Northern Territory police said they had responded to calls from the man around 12.20am that a woman was unresponsive near the Todd River.

“Officers attended a nearby location and arrested the man, who currently remains in custody,” the NT Police statement said.

“It is believed the woman is the 51-year-old partner of the man (aged 49).”

Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter Malley said police were “treating the assault as a homicide”.

“A weapon has been used, it wasn’t an edged weapon but it was a weapon,” he said.

The death is the first alleged domestic violence related murder in 2025 in the Territory.