Christopher James McLaughney has been charged with murder following the death of 39-year-old Rhukaya Lake in Kearsley, near Cessnock, on Friday night.
About 7.30pm on Friday (31 October 2025), emergency services were called to a home on Ellalong Street after reports of a concern for welfare.
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