Police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body found in an industrial part of Doveton
A YOUNG woman found dead in an industrial area in Melbourne’s southeast this morning was the victim of a vicious assault, police say.
Shocked workers found the body on a nature strip halfway down Lace St, Doveton, as they arrived at work about 7am.
Det-Sen-Sgt Stephen McIntyre said the woman, aged in her late teens to mid-20s with long dark hair, suffered cuts to her body and traumatic head and facial injuries consistent with an “edged weapon”.
Sen-Sgt McIntyre ruled out that the woman’s body had been dumped in the street.
“We believe the assault has taken place here,” he said.
“It looks like there has been some sort of struggle on the roadway and on the footpath area. “There is quite a significant amount of blood.
“It would appear to be a very violent type of assault that’s taken place.”
Sen-Sgt McIntyre said the woman wasn’t carrying any personal items.
Police are trawling through missing persons reports in a bid to identify her.
“We don’t know if she was carrying anything else with her,” Sen-Sgt McIntyre said.
“She had been wearing a pair of white slip-on shoes. They have been recovered within the scene.
“She’s wearing dark-coloured shorts and dark-coloured long-sleeved T-shirt.
“We are just appealing for information from anyone who can tell us about this person.”
Sen-Sgt McIntyre said it would be difficult to establish the circumstances surrounding her death until she was identified.
The woman’s body was found on a nature strip. Source: HeraldSun
A pile of clothing near the scene. Source: News Limited
Police Airwing, SES and detectives are searching the scene for clues. Source: News Limited
Sen-Sgt McIntyre said police had obtained CCTV footage that showed several vehicles entering and exiting the “no through road” street between 5.30pm when the factories closed yesterday to when the woman’s body was found at 7am.
No CCTV has captured the woman or her movements yet, he said.
“We’ve got a fair period of time we’re interested in,” he said.
“We don’t know what direction the girl may have come from, she may have come from across the river, or from a vehicle. These sorts if things we do not know at this point in time.”
Police Airwing has been assisting in the search, while homicide detectives and SES crews continue to scour the area for clues.
The manager of a Lace St business said the area didn’t have “the best reputation”.
He told the Herald Sun he arrived at work shortly after 7.30am.
“We had other guys leave here earlier at half past five or quarter to six and they saw nothing,” the manager said.
“It must have happened between 6am and 7am.”
He said the street, located just off the Princes Hwy, was at the back end of Doveton and known for “petty theft and drugs”.
Trojan Systems owner Sam Poole arrived at his Lace St factory to find the street cordoned off.
“It’s a bit of a shock,” he said.
“I’ve owned the factory here for over 30 years and this is the first time anything like this has happened.”
Police at the scene. Source: News Limited
The woman’s body was found halfway down Lace St, Doveton. Source: HeraldSun
It follows the shooting death of a man in Heidelberg West yesterday .
Michael Jones, 47, was gunned down on his morning walk about 100m from his home about 7.30am.
Police were last night no closer to finding who pulled the trigger, though his family said they knew who did it.
Police are also investigating the death of a man in Gippsland .
The victim, a 48-year-old man, had spent the day with a group of people at a property in Rules Rd in Toorloo Arm, at Lake Tyers.
Police spokeswoman Leading Sen-Constable Julie-Anne Newman said the man was assaulted just before 8pm last night and died at the scene.
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