- A woman has been found allegedly stabbed to death inside a Bayswater house
- Detectives arrested a man at a neighbouring property a short time late
Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found death inside her eastern suburbs home.
Police discovered her body at a home in Cousin Drive in Bayswater, in Melbourne‘s east, after receiving reports a woman had been stabbed about 11.15am on Saturday.
A 47-year-old man was arrested a short time later after being found at a neighouring address.
Victoria Police said three teenagers had been inside the home at the time and witnessed the incident, with one sustaining a minor injury.
It was not know how they were connected to the arrest man or dead woman.
The woman was yet to be formally identified on Saturday afternoon.
Detectives have established a crime scene after a woman was found dead inside a Bayswater home. A 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident
Police cordoned off Cousin Drive between Boronia Rd and Verona Court as detectives established a crime scene around the property.
One neighbour told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper he heard screams coming from the home a little after 11am.
Glenn Rowe said a family had just moved into the home a number of weeks ago.
‘I was a bit shaken up, I’ve been here for 25 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,’ he told the newspaper.
Three teenagers where inside the home at the time of the alleged encounter
‘It’s a bit surreal. It’s terrible, I feel sorry for the kids and the mother.’
Another neighbour, Leah Coull, told the newspaper the incident had been ‘scary’ given she lived with her eight-year-old just metres away.
‘It’s a scary thought that something like this could happen so close to home … it’s a really eerie feeling,’ she said.
