Man charged with murdering Melbourne woman

A 38-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman in Melbourne's southwest.

Jamie Ian Willis is accused of killing Caroline Anne Willis, 69, at a home in Werribee on Thursday, and did not appear at a Melbourne Magistrates Court hearing on Sunday.

The woman's body was found when emergency services were called to the home on Taworri Crescent on Friday at about 7.30am.

Detectives were on Sunday conducting a line search in Wyndham Vale as part of their investigations.

Police want to speak to anyone who saw a silver Kia - a small SUV type car - on Black Forest Rd in Wyndham Vale at about 1.45pm on Thursday. It's thought the car drove past the Wyndham Vale reserve creek area.

Police would also like to speak to a man and a woman, possibly aged in their teens, who may have been doorknocking the area on Thursday afternoon. The pair are not thought to be involved in the woman's murder.

A filing hearing has been set down for June 1.