Officers visited a Waterside Place tackle in Docklands at about 1.30pm as a part of their enquiries into the loss of life of a lady within the the CBD earlier this week.
After coming into the condominium, police mentioned they found the physique of a 51-year-old Docklands girl.
“Her death is being treated as suspicious,” a police spokesperson mentioned.
“While the exact circumstances of the death of the woman in Docklands are still being established, police believed it is linked to the Melbourne CBD death.”
The investigation stays ongoing.
Emergency providers have been known as to the Latrobe Street condominium about 8.40pm on 27 December after the 31-year-old Chinese nationwide was positioned deceased.
A 22-year-old Huntingdale man was arrested in Preston on 29 December following a public enchantment and in depth search by police.
He was subsequently charged with homicide theft and theft, and is at the moment remanded in custody.
It can also be believed the 22-year-old man was identified to each ladies and at this stage police should not searching for anybody additional in relation to the incidents.
The investigation stays ongoing and police are eager to talk to anybody who witnessed any suspicious exercise across the Docklands condominium between 27 and 29 December, or has CCTV or dash-cam footage of the realm.
Detective Acting Superintendent Dean Thomas expressed his condolences to the 2 ladies’s households.
“I understand there is a lot of concern and anxiety from the community, particularly those who reside in the CBD and surrounding suburbs, following the death of both these women this week,” Thomas mentioned.
“At this stage there is nothing to indicate we are looking for any further victims, and we have a man in custody who was known to both women.
“He has been charged in relation to the loss of life of the 31-year-old girl who was positioned on the Latrobe Street condominium and our enquiries are ongoing by way of what connection he has to the second loss of life.”
