Murder charge, Edmonton

Police have charged a 32-year-old Edmonton man with murder and interfering with a corpse.

The man was charged early this morning after officers executed a warrant at an Edmonton residence.

The man is accused of murder and interfering with a corpse on November 7 at Edmonton.

He appeared in the Cairns Magistrates Court earlier today.

Investigating officers have subsequently located the body of a man in an area of bushland to the south-east of Cairns.

Investigators are at the scene.

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