Homicide Squad detectives have charged a woman following the death of a woman in Blackburn South yesterday.
Police were initially called to a property on Holroyd Court for a welfare check shortly after 11am on Tuesday, 4 March.
A 78-year-old Blackburn South woman was located deceased inside the address with a number of stab wounds.
A 47-year-old Ringwood woman was arrested nearby a short time later.
She has subsequently been charged with murder and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 5 March.
The parties involved are known to each other.
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