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Woman charged with murder after body found in creek on NSW north coast

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Farrow-Smith, E., & McLeod, L. (2026, September 4). Woman charged with murder after body found in creek on NSW north coast. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/woman-charged-with-murder-of-man-teven-creek-nsw/107114980

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A 51-year-old woman has been charged with murder after the body of an 81-year-old man was found in a creek on a property in Teven, NSW. Police were called to the scene yesterday and allege that the woman and victim knew each other. The woman was arrested at the scene, taken to hospital for assessment, and then released into custody before being charged with murder. She has been refused bail and will appear in court tomorrow.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-04, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

A 51-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder after the body of an 81-year-old man was found in a creek on a property on the NSW north coast. Police were called to a house on Teven Road, near Ballina, yesterday at midday, where they discovered the body. The woman, who is known to the victim, was arrested at the scene and taken to Lismore Police station before being released into custody and charged with murder. She has been refused bail and will appear in court tomorrow. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the man's death.

Written for “Murder on North Coast” on 2026-10-21, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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“The articles describe two separate incidents of a person being charged with murder, one in Bacchus Marsh (Article A) and another on the NSW north coast (Article B), involving different victims and circumstances.”

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Topics

Ballina Lismore Base Hospital Lismore Police NSW Teven

Subjects

NSW GPE · 2× Ballina GPE · 1× Lismore Base Hospital ORG · 1× Lismore Police GPE · 1× Teven GPE · 1×

Narrative

A 51-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and taken to the Lismore Police station. She was later taken to Lismore Base Hospital for assessment and then released into police custody this morning, where she was returned to the station and charged with murder.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-04

2026-09-04 · ABC News (AU)

Woman charged with murder after body found in creek on NSW north coast · assertive framing

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A woman has been charged with murder after the body of a man was found in a creek on a property on the NSW north coast. asserted

body → charge → coast

Police were called just after midday yesterday to a house on Teven Road, Teven, west of Ballina, after reports of a concern for welfare. asserted

Police → call → welfare

Officers found the body of an 81-year-old man in a creek on the property. asserted

Officers → find → property

A crime scene was established, and an on-site investigation into the circumstances of the man's death is underway. asserted

investigation → establish → death

NSW Police alleged the man and woman were known to one another. asserted

man → allege → one

she → arrest → murder

The woman was refused bail to appear before bail division court tomorrow asserted

woman → refuse → court