A man has been arrested after the body of a woman aged in her 40s was found in a house in Werribee, in Melbourne's south-west, on Thursday morning. Police and paramedics arrived as parents were dropping their children at a school opposite the home. Homicide Squad detectives are questioning the man, who is believed to be known to the woman.
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00:00Emergency services were called to the home here in Werribee just after nine this morning.
00:07Police and paramedics rushed to the scene, but a woman inside the house couldn't be saved.
00:11A man known to her has been taken into custody and he's being questioned by homicide detectives.
00:16Neighbours have told the ABC, though they didn't know the victim, they're shocked.
00:20Many only knew something had happened when they heard the police chopper hovering overhead.
00:24Redford Close has been sealed off ever since, as forensic officers and detectives investigate.
00:29The home at the centre of the incident is across the road from a primary school, sparking
00:34deep concern among parents there, especially because the alarm was raised just after school
00:38drop-off.
00:39Yeah, a mum had actually walked past and she'd seen a gentleman on the porch and, yeah, was
00:44covered in blood.
00:45A lot of parents were, they'd just sort of finished off dropping their kids off and then
00:50there were some of them returning, thinking something happened in the school, so a lot
00:54of panicked parents.
00:55It's understood police will be here well into the night.
00:59They say they're not looking for any other suspects, but they are looking for answers
01:03as they investigate exactly what happened here and why.