A young Tasmanian mother was brutally murdered in her Melbourne home

Young mother Ellie Price was brutally murdered in her home in Melbourne, leaving her son behind in Tasmania – who is yet to find out of her untimely death.

A YOUNG mum brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home was taken to hospital weeks earlier after her boyfriend allegedly split open her face.

The mother of 26-year-old Ellie Price told said she raised the alarm with police on Monday after failing to hear from her daughter for almost a week.

Police went to her inner-city home and found her badly ­injured body about 2.15pm that day.

Homicide squad detectives are investigating whether she was killed days earlier and are yet to make any arrests.

Tracey Gangell said her daughter had a “heart of gold” and lived for her four-year-old son, Mostafa.

Ellie Price, 26, was found brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home on May 4. Ellie Price, 26, wearing a bandage about her injured eye with four-year-old Mostafa.

“Everyone loved her. She would do anything for anyone and help out in any way she could,” her mother said.

Ms Price’s son was in Tasmania, where she originally hails from, with his grandmother when she was killed and is yet to learn of her death.

Ellie Price, 26, was found brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home on May 4. Ellie Price

“He asked ‘Where is Mum?’ on Tuesday. I don’t know how to tell him. He absolutely adored her,” Ms Gangell said.

About a month ago Ms Price told her mother her boyfriend allegedly bashed her, splitting open her eye.

Ellie Price, 26, was found brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home on May 4.

She required stitches in hospital and sought domestic violence support, her mum said.

“She knew I was dead against him,” Ms Gangell said.

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A photo of Ms Price provided by her mother shows her wearing a bandage above her injured eye.

Homicide detectives have released few details of the murder probe, including whether they have any suspects.

Ellie Price, 26, was found brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home on May 4. Ellie Price

However police on Tuesday reassured the public they did not believe anyone else was at risk of harm. Ms Gangell hoped her daughter’s killer would be caught and jailed so no one else would suffer.

“Why, why take her away from her son? Every mother deserves to see their kids grow up,” she said.

Ms Price was born and raised in Tasmania but had lived in Melbourne for almost a decade.

Ellie Price, 26, was found brutally murdered in her South Melbourne home on May 4.

In late April Ms Price urged friends “don’t take life for granted” and to be “grateful for the little things” when reflecting on COVID-19 deaths on Facebook.

Her mother became worried for her welfare last Wednesday after Ms Price stopped posting on social media or taking phone calls.

Ms Gangell called police and asked them to check on her daughter at her home on Monday.

Police delivered the news of her daughter’s death that night.

In her final text to her mum, she wrote: “Give Mossi a kiss for me. I love you.”

Her body was found on the 16th anniversary of the murder of Athol Tollard, her childhood father figure.

Investigators wish to speak to anyone who witnesses suspicious activity in Park or Ferrars streets in the week before Ms Price’s murder.