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SA murder charge after woman's body found

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The boyfriend of a missing South Australian woman allegedly took police to her grave.
Camera IconThe boyfriend of a missing South Australian woman allegedly took police to her grave.

The boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a shallow grave in South Australia's Flinders Ranges has been charged with murder and failing to report a death.

The woman was reported missing on Saturday and on Monday her body was found by detectives in a shallow grave at Moralana Creek, north of Hawker, police said.

Her 20-year-old boyfriend was arrested on Sunday and had taken detectives to the grave site.

The Kurralta Park man is set to appear in Port Augusta Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

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