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Man charged over Perth mother's 'horrific' death

Mark Saunokonoko, Mikala Theocharous and Adam Vidler

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WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died.

A man has been charged with murder over the death of a mother-of-three in Perth.

Tiffany Woodley, 35, was found dead inside her home on Birkett Street in Bedford after emergency services were called to the property at 5pm on Monday.

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Police will allege she was beaten to death.

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Tiffany Woodley, 35, was found dead inside her home in Bedford on Monday. Nine

A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene.

He was known to have lived there "off and on" over a period of time, Inspector Geoff Desanges said.

The man has now been charged with murder and is due to appear in court today.

"She was a beautiful mother, beautiful sister, niece ... she was everything to everyone," Woodley's aunt Rosalie Miller-Kickett said.

"I just feel at a loss, there's a numbness around it."

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Tiffany Woodley, 35, was found dead inside her home on Birkett Street, Bedford after emergency services were called to the property at 5pm yesterday.

Woodley's loved ones at the Bedford home. Nine

Inspector Geoff Desanges of the Western Australia Police

Inspector Geoff Desanges said the woman had suffered terrible injuries. 9News

Desanges said Woodley was killed in an act of "extreme violence" and that paramedics and police had been offered counselling because of what they confronted.

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"On arrival they located a severely injured and unresponsive woman," he said, but paramedics couldn't save her and she died at the scene.

"(Her) injuries were horrific," Desanges said, adding that police "don't believe a weapon was used".

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