UPDATE: AN elderly man has been charged with murdering his 75-year-old wife at a house in Piara Waters.

Police found the elderly woman with critical injuries after being called to a house on Guerin Avenue in Piara Waters at about 5.45pm last night.

The woman died a short time later inside the property.

Major Crime Squad detectives were called to investigate the death which police said had occurred in “very tragic circumstances”.

The 87-year-old man was taken into custody and was charged with murder this afternoon.

He is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court tomorrow.