Overview

• Police were called to a Flinders Highway home in Port Lincoln on Thursday afternoon for a small fire, where officers discovered a man’s body inside.
• The 34-year-old woman who lived at the property has been charged with murder, disposing of human remains to pervert the course of justice and assaulting a police officer.
• Major Crime Investigation Branch detectives and Forensic Response Section officers were flown in on Thursday night to assist local police with the enquiry.
• She is being held under a mental health detention order and is due back in court in December.
• Forensic experts continue to examine the scene and conduct tests to determine the exact cause of the man’s death.