A man has been arrested as his mother was found decapitated in a remote Northern Tablelands community.
About 9.35pm on Saturday, police were called to a property on Ironbark Road in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield, following reports of a domestic violence incident.
Officers were told a 37-year-old man had entered a property and attempted to steal a vehicle before assaulting the homeowner, a 74-year-old man.
They then arrested the 37-year-old before visiting a neighbouring property, where they found the body of a 70-year-old woman.
It is alleged the woman was decapitated. The man in custody is understood to be her son.
A house on the property had also been partially damaged by fire, police said.
The case is one of three separate incidents when women died during a horror 12-hour period in New South Wales.
In eastern Sydney, a man was charged with murder on Saturday evening after an elderly woman was allegedly stabbed to death at Bondi Beach.
New South Wales was rocked by three separate incidents in which women died during a horror 12-hour period on Saturday. Pictured, police in Bondi Beach on Saturday night
A man has been arrested as his mother was found decapitated in a remote Northern Tablelands community in Mole River, about 40 minutes west of Tenterfield
At a unit in Bondi Beach on Saturday, just after 5pm, a 47-year-old man was arrested after an elderly woman died from significant injuries. He was charged with murder (domestic violence)
NSW Police were called to a unit on Chambers Avenue in Bondi, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, at 5.15pm on Saturday.
A woman, aged in her 90s, was found with significant injuries. She was treated at the scene, but died.
A 47-year-old man, who was known to the woman, was arrested at the home and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
Police have set up a crime scene and launched an investigation.
Following inquiries, police charged the 47-year-old man with murder (domestic violence).
He was refused bail and was scheduled to appear before Bail Court on Sunday.
In a third incident, a 23-year-old woman was unable to be saved on Saturday at about 11.45am.
She had been found with fatal stab wounds inside a home in Wagga Wagga, in southwest NSW.
A 31-year-old man was arrested almost nine hours later at another home in the regional city and was later charged with murder, police confirmed on Sunday.
The pair were in a relationship, investigators said.
