00:00A life taken too quickly and too soon.
00:07Police received a call around 9.30 last night.
00:10They arrived at this Malacca complex within minutes and conducted CPR but the victim could
00:16not be saved.
00:17In any instance like this is a tragedy, it's a tragedy for the family and for the community
00:24in general.
00:25The 34-year-old man, the victim's uncle, has been arrested facing murder charges.
00:31Police say the incident is being treated as domestic violence.
00:35We continue to investigate circumstances and reports of violence, domestic violence, antisocial
00:41behaviour and we'll continue to do so.
00:44Crystal Love-Johnson is a mother figure to Top End Sister Girls and says the death is
00:48devastating for her community.
00:51She said personally it was really beautiful, it was very nice, lovely, she had everything
00:58going for her, it's just sad that these things happened but she was very loved in the community.
01:06She says gender diverse people are a minority in their own community and that more should
01:11be done to protect them.
01:13At the end of the day we are human beings and we deserve to be treated as human beings,
01:20as Tiwi people, as Yolngu people, as Aboriginal people as well.
01:25Tragedy has struck this community several times this year.
01:29These flowers laid for a woman allegedly murdered by her partner in August.
01:34Today's crime scene is in the same complex.
01:38Yet another life lost in a losing battle against domestic violence.
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