Overview
- Police located a woman with serious injuries inside a Ferntree Gully home and she was declared dead after emergency crews attended on Friday.
- A 45-year-old man was arrested nearby and remains in custody as Victoria Police have established a homicide crime scene and deployed Homicide Squad detectives and forensic teams.
- Police say there is no active threat to the community and investigators believe the parties were known to each other.
- Some media reports name the suspect as Patrick Stokes and say he has been charged and remanded, and that a weapon and the victim’s children and pet were removed from the address, but those specific details have not been uniformly confirmed by police.
- The victim has been identified by family as 30-year-old Annmarie O’Reilly and Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance while detectives continue forensic examinations and prepare any potential court processes.