A woman has been charged with murder after the arrest of a 32 year old yesterday in Maclean following investigations into the discovery of a body in an East Lismore unit last Saturday .

About 10.40am on Saturday 22 August 2020, emergency services were called to a unit on Rosedale Square, East Lismore, after the body of a 60-year-old woman was found.

Detectives from Richmond Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Boughton to investigate the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

About 1pm yesterday, Thursday 27 August 2020, officers arrested a 32-year-old woman on McNaughton Place, Maclean.

She was taken to Maclean Police Station and charged with murder and improperly interfere with a corpse.

The woman was refused bail to appear at Lismore Local Court today (Friday 28 August 2020).

Investigations continue.