The ACT's police chief has confirmed a man is in custody over the "horrific" murder of a Canberra mother-of-two.
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Neighbours say they heard shouts and screams coming from a Gordon house where the 28-year-old woman was found dead with stab wounds in Tuesday's early hours.
The Chief Police Officer for ACT Policing, Rudi Lammers, said on Wednesday the man was in custody and charges would likely follow.
"This last incident in Gordon is being investigated and it is likely that charges will follow," Assistant Commissioner Lammers said.
"There is a male in custody as we speak to help us with our inquiries."
Police said on Tuesday that a man was helping them with their inquiries, but at that stage, he was not a suspect.
They have confirmed he is the same man who has since been arrested in relation to the death.
Police have so far declined to comment on the relationship between the man and woman.
The woman's death prompted police to launch their third homicide investigation in the ACT in the past three weeks.
It is the third murder investigation in Canberra's south in as many weeks, after the alleged murders of Tara Costigan in Calwell on February 28, and Neal Keith Wilkinson in Wanniassa on March 10.
Two men have each been charged separately with murder in relation to those incidents. The three deaths are not connected.
Assistant Commissioner Lammers assured the public on Wednesday morning, saying police "have brought someone into custody very quickly" in all cases.
ACT Policing acting Superintendent Harry Hains said on Tuesday that no one else had been inside the house when police and paramedics arrived.
"As with any crime scene, it was horrific," acting Superintendent Hains said.
The Gordon woman's death was the second gruesome incident to take place in the otherwise quiet suburban street on Canberra's southside in little more than a decade.
Susan Winburn, 45, was found strangled to death in the bathtub of her Knoke Avenue home in January 2004. Her murder has not been solved.
Police are urging anyone who might have witnessed the Gordon incident on Tuesday or can provide information and has not yet spoken to police to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via act.crimestoppers.com.au.
