Bombshell development after Audrey Griffin ‘s body was discovered in a creek one month ago in Erina, NSW Central Coast
A man has been charged with murder weeks after police initially declared the death of a teenage girl as ‘not suspicious’.
Audrey Griffin’s body was pulled from Erina Creek on the NSW Central Coast on March 24, a day after she was last seen with friends at a pub nearby.
Police said her death was ‘not initially believed to be suspicious’ at the time.
Police made a breakthrough on Monday when they arrested a 53-year-old man in the inner-Sydney of suburb Surry Hills.
He was charged with murder and 11 unrelated domestic violence matters.
‘Police will allege the man had a physical altercation with the victim,’ the statement read.
The man was denied bail to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday.
A preliminary autopsy suggested Ms Griffin had drowned.
Audrey Griffin’s body was pulled from Erina Creek on the NSW Central Coast on March 24
The teenaged girl’s death rocked the Central Coast community at the time
She had been found partially-submerged in the creek and fully clothed.
Ms Griffin had finished a tough, international New half-ironman at Taupo, NZ, in 6 hours, 40 minutes and 32 seconds two weeks before her death, placing 194th out of 295 women.
A Central Coast community page described her as a ‘determined athlete, talented student and well-liked teenager’ who was a member of Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club and the Terrigal Sharks Rugby League Club.
The page said that, after completing high school in 2023, Ms Griffin split her time between training, a part-time job at Crown Plaza Terrigal and studying at the University of Technology Sydney.
Ms Griffin was also a former teammate on the ladies 3 team for Gosford Water Polo, with the club sharing a statement on Friday.
