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(AP) -- A man faces murder charges after a woman died from injuries she sustained in an apparent domestic disturbance Sunday. 

Warner Robins Police spokeswoman Tabitha Pugh says authorities charged 45-year-old Thomas Smith with one count each of felony murder and aggravated battery. He is being held in the Houston County Jail without bail. 

Authorities responding to a domestic disturbance discovered 61-year-old Rachel Boyd had been struck several times in the head.  Smith had been stabbed several times in the torso.   Both were taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where Boyd later died.

Preliminary autopsy findings released Monday afternoon showed a cause of death for Boyd as a blow to the head. 

It is unknown what the relationship was between Boyd and Smith.

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