Update: Murder charge, Yarrabah

A 20-year-old woman has died following an alleged assault at Yarrabah on Sunday morning.

Police attended a location on Pine Creek Yarrabah Road on Sunday morning where a woman was found with head injuries.

The woman was transported to the Townsville Based Hospital with severe head injuries where she died on Monday night.

As a result of the woman’s death, a 37-year-old Yarrabah man has had a previous charge of grievous bodily harm upgraded to murder.

He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear before the Cairns Magistrates Court this morning.

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