Police probe woman’s suspicious death in Ascot Vale

Police are probing a possible murder after a woman’s body was found inside an Ascot Vale property on Friday, with detectives saying her death is being treated as suspicious at this stage

Picture: Brendan Beckett

Police are probing a possible murder after a woman’s body was found at an Ascot Vale property on Friday.

Homicide detectives were called to an address on Ormond Rd just after 4.00pm, where a woman was found dead inside.

Police said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death but it was being treated as suspicious at this stage.

“The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be established and the investigation is in its infancy,” police said in a statement on Friday night.

FRANKSTON ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY

It comes as police also probe an unrelated, attempted armed robbery in Frankston that occurred on January 21, and which was caught on camera.

Police are on the hunt for a group of offenders responsible for an attempted armed robbery and assault in Frankston on January 21 that was caught on camera.

Police say a 40-year-old man was sitting out the front of his workplace at a shopping centre on Cranbourne Rd about 5am on that date when a Mercedes pulled up beside him and two young men got out of the back seat of the car.

One man, armed with a claw hammer, approached the worker and demanded he hand over cash.

Images of the young men were captured on camera.

One of the men wore a puffer jacket.

The men then start to punch and kick the victim, who managed to raise the alarm by ringing a nearby bell.

The offenders – described as being aged between 17 to 20-years-old and dressed all in black – then ran back to the Mercedes, which is believed to have contained three other people, and fled the area.

An image released by police of one of the wanted assailants.

A second image released.

One of the assailants was wearing a face mask and the other a beanie and a Kathmandu puffer jacket.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.