{"id":448770,"date":"2025-12-15T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448770\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:06:13","slug":"man-charged-with-alleged-murder-of-woman-in-adelaides-parklands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448770\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with alleged murder of woman in Adelaide&#8217;s parklands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><strong>Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a person who has died.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police have arrested a 37-year-old man and charged him with the murder of a woman in Adelaide&#8217;s parklands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Michelle Sumner was found unresponsive at Edwards Park, in the southern parklands, on January 20 this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said Ms Sumner&#8217;s cause of death was &#8220;initially unclear&#8221; but that a forensic examination later determined she had died from an assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michelle Sumner has dark hair and is smiling\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/987f3ba7dc003563a0eda298e89f1d3a\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Michelle Sumner was found unresponsive in Adelaide&#8217;s southern parklands in January 2025. (Supplied: SA Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The matter was declared a major crime and detectives have since worked extensively to establish the circumstances surrounding Michelle&#8217;s death,&#8221; SA Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">They said the charged man and Ms Sumner were known to each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Detective Acting Superintendent Andrew Macrae said the arrest &#8220;marks a significant step forward in what has been a long and complex investigation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We hope today&#8217;s development offers Michelle&#8217;s family some measure of comfort,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The accused man, of no fixed address, was refused bail and is expected to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police have urged anyone with information about Ms Sumner&#8217;s death to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":448771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[206392,4740,52809,206391,140737,206393,9620,50,206390,17477,75635],"class_list":{"0":"post-448770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-andrew-macrae","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-detective","11":"tag-edwards-park","12":"tag-major-crime","13":"tag-michelle-sumner","14":"tag-murder","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-parklands","17":"tag-sa-police","18":"tag-unresponsive"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115723973377736417","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}