Discovery of woman's body sparks murder investigation

A murder investigation has been launched after the discovery of a woman’s body in a Melbourne home overnight.

Emergency services were called to a property on Barber Street in Hoppers Crossing about 9.30pm.

They found the body of a woman inside.

The woman was yet to be identified and her cause of death is unknown.

Police are treating the death as suspicious.

Homicide detectives were at the scene of the property.