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A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found dead in a backyard on Melbourne's outskirts.
Neighbours said they heard screams from a Sunnybank Way home in Pakenham shortly after 8am on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to the scene, where a woman, 35, was found unresponsive.
She died at the scene despite frantic efforts to revive her.
A distraught man at the property was taken to hospital and has since spoken to police.
No arrests or charges have been laid.
'Police will await the results of a post-mortem as the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death remain unclear,' a police spokesperson said.
Homicide detectives, local police and forensic officers spent much of Sunday at the home.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers.
A homicide investigation has been launched after a 35-year-old woman was found dead in the backyard of a home in Melbourne's south-east
man has been interviewed by police, but no arrests or charges have been made as investigators await the results of a post-mortem
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