Coroner finds 'habitual' abuser and de facto partner caused Kirra-Lea McLoughlin's death | ABC News

A coroner has found that a 27-year-old woman, whose death has been unsolved for almost seven years, lost her life at the hands of her de facto partner, describing him as a "habitual perpetrator" of domestic abuse.
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Kirra-Lea McLoughlin had more than 100 bruises on her body when she died in 2014, but despite a long-running police investigation, no charges have been laid.

An inquest into Ms McLoughlin's death began in Gympie last year and the findings were handed down in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning.


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