source : the age
A Logan rapper accused of murder will remain in custody, after his first court hearing over the alleged assault of his former partner, who can now be identified as Djuarn Baker-Adams.
Ronald Cora, 37, a rapper who performs under the name MC Triks, was charged on Wednesday after the alleged assault at a Slacks Creek property in the early hours of the morning.
Baker-Adams, a 27-year-old from Woody Point, was found at the Rowanda Street property, after Cora phoned emergency services reporting that she was unresponsive, police said.
She was unable to be revived by paramedics.
Detectives said early investigations suggested she died of asphyxiation, but an autopsy would determine the official cause of death.
Cora was arrested at the scene, and later charged with murder.
Cora’s first mention of his case was briefly heard in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday. Cora did not appear for the hearing.
The case was adjourned to August 27 at Beenleigh Magistrates Court, and Cora was remanded in custody.
“When something like this does happen, we all feel it, as I’m sure the wider community does as well,” Detective Inspector Ian Galpin said hours after Baker-Adams was found.
The circumstances of the pair’s relationship is expected to form part of the police investigation.
Galpin said the pair, who were First Nations people, had been in a relationship that had ended. It was not known how long they had been separated.
Baker-Adams is the fourth person in Queensland to die in circumstances of alleged domestic violence in recent weeks.
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