‘Argument heard’ before house blaze

NEIGHBOURS have told police they heard a violent argument shortly before a Mordialloc home exploded in a deliberately lit fire. A woman’s body was later discovered in the home. Detectives are working on the theory the woman was murdered and the house then set on fire in a bid to conceal the crime.

The case officially became a homicide investigation after an autopsy was completed yesterday, although a cause of death was not publicly released. Neighbours were alerted to the fire on Main Street shortly after 5am on Tuesday when they heard loud popping noises. Investigators detected traces of an accelerant at the scene where the woman’s body was later found in the bathroom of the gutted house.

The fire consumed two-thirds of the red-brick home and caused the roof to collapse.

PAUL MILLAR

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