South Australia

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Family finds 87yo murder victim in backyard

Adelaide police say they have no motive or suspects in the murder of an 87-year-old woman found dead in her backyard by her family.

The grim discovery was made at the house at Yacca Road at Seacliff, in the south-western suburbs, late on Wednesday.

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