A man has been extradited from Victoria to South Australia over the death of a woman in Mount Gambier.
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00:00Police found 55-year-old Rachel Morrissey's body inside this home in Mount Gambier on
00:07Wednesday after reports of hazardous and toxic smells coming from inside the home.
00:13Major crime detectives then spoke with neighbours on Thursday while forensic staff combed inside
00:19the unit on Pick Avenue.
00:21Fifty-three-year-old Mount Gambier man Troy Earl James was arrested in Portland last night
00:25and appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court this afternoon.
00:29He was then formally extradited to South Australia and is expected to be charged once he returns
00:33to Mount Gambier.
00:35Police allege Mr James murdered Ms Morrissey between Monday and Wednesday this week in
00:39Mount Gambier.
00:41Detectives have previously said that the pair knew each other.
00:44Mr James is expected to appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court on Monday.