Queensland woman, 67, dead in alleged domestic violence killing

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a woman in her 60s died after being found with a major head injury.

Police were called to a fatal incident at a Cairns house on Monday. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

A far north Queensland woman will face court on Tuesday charged with murder.

A woman in her 60s could not be resuscitated when emergency services were called to a Cairns home on Monday.

The woman died at a home in Cairns on Monday. Picture: iStock

Police will allege the death was a domestic violence murder.

Emergency services were called to a home on Joan St in the suburb of Bungalow on Monday, police said in a statement.

A 67-year-old Bungalow woman had sustained a life-threatening head injury.

Paramedics and police could not revive her, and she was declared dead at the scene a short time later.

A 25-year-old Cairns North woman is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on Tuesday to face a murder (domestic violence offence) charge.

Originally published as Queensland woman, 67, dead in alleged domestic violence killing