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A 33-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder this morning after his former partner was found stabbed to death in Napier last night.
Detective Senior Sergeant Bill Gregory said the man would appear in Napier District Court later today.
He said police were called to a house in Milton Road at 9.30pm yesterday after reports a woman had been stabbed.
Police and ambulance officers arrived shortly afterwards, but the woman was already dead.
The name of the woman, a 28-year-old mother of three, is not yet available.
Mr Gregory said police will continue their examination of the house today, and a knife found at the scene will be sent for forensic examination.
A post mortem will be held in Wellington later today.
Police said the woman's three young children were not in the house at the time of the stabbing.
It is understood the woman died of a single stab wound.
- NZPA, HAWKE'S BAY TODAY
Mother of three stabbed to death
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