{"id":826920,"date":"2026-07-27T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826920\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:29:13","slug":"man-charged-with-murdering-his-partner-in-melbournes-outer-south-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826920\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murdering his partner in Melbourne&#8217;s outer south-east"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man charged with murdering his partner in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east has wiped away tears as he faced court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Jorden Turney, 32, appeared briefly at Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court on Monday accused of murdering a 29-year-old woman in his Clyde North home last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Emergency services were called to the house on Generation Drive about 6:30pm, where they found the woman with critical injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She was rushed to The Alfred hospital, but she died a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Close friends of the woman who rushed to her bedside in her final moments laid flowers outside the home this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Describing Mr Turney as a &#8220;monster&#8221;, they wiped away tears and hugged one another as they described the shock of allegedly losing their friend to domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two bunches of purple flowers resting against the front door of a house.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/774642017fd5d32493f7c6660d3c390a.jpeg\" 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\">Friends of the woman laid flowers by the front door on Monday.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two other young women who knew the pair briefly attended the house, with one seen crying, but declined to comment on the alleged murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Residents on the street, located inside a quiet housing estate, said they did not know the man and woman, who were believed to be in a relationship, but said they occasionally heard yelling coming from the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Homicide detectives returned to the street on Monday morning, where they could be seen speaking with neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The front doors of the Melbourne Magistrates' Court with a sign to the right of the door.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d91b573ba14567ae4ece1e9cf3f3c0ab.jpeg\" 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\">\u00a0The case was mentioned in Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court. (ABC News: Patrick Rocca)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">One detective was seen probing a ute parked outside the home, which featured photographs of Mr Turney, a woman believed to be the victim, and several young children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The court heard on Monday afternoon that Mr Turney had been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness and was at risk of self-harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Dressed in a blue shirt, Mr Turney wiped away tears as the court was told he needed to see a custody nurse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Turney did not apply for bail and was remanded to court for a committal hearing in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man charged with murdering his partner in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east has wiped away tears as he faced court.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1108,43,5315,2968,44,1158,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-826920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-court","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-murder","tag-news","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}