A woman is dead and a man has been charged with breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) in the Riverina.
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The body of a 27-year-old woman was discovered in a back shed of a Griffith home on Sunday morning, with police treating the tragic death as suspicious.
Police were called to the Kookora Street address after receiving reports of a concern for welfare around 4.20am.
When officers from the Murrumbidgee Police District arrived, they found the woman deceased in a shed.
A crime scene was established and a 35-year-old man was arrested in Griffith several hours later.
The arrest was made in relation a breaching AVO allegation, police said.
He has since been charged with three counts of contravening prohibition/restriction in AVO (domestic), driving motor vehicle during disqualification period (second offence) and using an unregistered vehicle.
The man will face Griffith Local Court on Monday.
His relationship with the deceased woman will form part of the investigation into her death, police said.