Woman charged with murder after man’s body found in burnt-out car in Western Australia

A woman has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found in the passenger seat of a burnt-out car.

A woman has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found inside a burnt-out car in Western Australia.

Emergency services were called to a vehicle fire on Ricks Rd at Springs, north of Boddington, on December 6.

A 53-year-old man’s body was found in the front passenger seat of the silver Holden Commodore upon their arrival.

A man's body was found inside a burnt-out car at Springs, north of Boddington, in Western Australia earlier this month. Picture: Western Australia Police Force

The Western Australia Police Force said in a statement at the time that they believed the man was from Boddington and had been in the company of one or more people leading up to the car fire.

His death was treated as suspicious at the time, with homicide detectives spending the week after the fire in Boddington making inquiries.

A 45-year-old woman has now been charged in relation to the man’s death.

She faces charges of murder, attempt unlawfully to kill, and stealing a motor vehicle.

She was due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Saturday.