Manhunt ends with arrest after woman’s body found

The manhunt ended with police arresting a 37-year-old man after the discovery of a woman’s body.

A sawn-off shotgun and ammunition were allegedly found in the man’s car when NSW Police detained him in the Hunter Valley region on Saturday night.

The arrest came after emergency services were called to a home in Kearsley on Friday night.

Officers found a 39-year-old woman, who has not yet been officially identified, dead in her home.

On Saturday, police warned the public they wanted to speak to a man before receiving a report that he had been seen in Bellbird.

Hunter Valley Superintendent Steve Laksa said the woman’s death involved a “traumatic event”.

“This was pretty scary for the family members involved and their three children,” he told reporters on Saturday.

It appears one of the children ran onto his neighbor’s property to find help.

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