A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a woman’s body was found in green waste at a recycling facility in Melbourne’s north last week.
Police said staff at Repurpose It, a waste management facility on Cooper Street in Epping, found a body while moving the waste last Wednesday.
Investigators believe the woman’s remains were inside a bin that was picked up outside a property on Hilgay Street in Coolaroo last Tuesday and taken to the Epping waste facility.
On Tuesday morning, police announced homicide detectives had arrested a 45-year-old Coolaroo man in Glenroy at about 11.15am and will now interview him.
“The woman, who is still yet to be formally identified, is believed to be a 67-year-old Coolaroo woman,” police said in a statement.
“It’s believed the pair were known to each other.”
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