A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found in a reserve near Lake Macquarie yesterday.

About 6.30am (Wednesday 12 November 2014), emergency services were called to Bangalay Reserve on Croudace Road, Windale, after a body was located by a passerby.

Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area command established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

She is yet to be formally identified but believed to be a 38-year-old from Windale. Her death is being treated as suspicious.

About 11.30am yesterday (Wednesday 12 November 2014), following investigations, police from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command stopped a vehicle on Mile Road at Cardiff.

The driver was arrested and the vehicle seized for forensic examination.

He was taken to Charlestown police station and charged with murder.

The a 66-year-old Windale man was refused bail and will appear in Newcastle Local Court today (Thursday 13 November, 2014).

Earlier:

A man has been arrested and is assisting police with enquiries after the body of a woman was found in a reserve near Lake Macquarie this morning.

About 6.30am (Wednesday 12 November 2014), emergency services were called to Bangalay Reserve on Croudace Road, Windale, after a body was located by a passerby.

Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area command established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

The woman is believed to be aged in her 30s.

Her death is being treated as suspicious.

About 11.30am (Wednesday 12 November 2014), following investigations, police from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command stopped a vehicle on Mile Road at Cardiff.

The driver, a 66-year-old Windale man, was arrested and the vehicle seized for forensic examination.

He was taken to Charlestown police station where he is assisting police with inquiries.

Investigations into the incident are continuing and police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

Earlier:

A report will be prepared for the Coroner after the body of a woman was found in a reserve at Windale, Lake Macquarie this morning.

About 6.30am (Wednesday 12 November 2014), emergency services were called to Bangalay Reserve on Croudace Road, Windale, after a body was located by a passerby.

Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area command established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

The woman is believed to be aged in her 30s.

Her death is being treated as suspicious.

Detectives from State Crime Commands Homicide Squad are assisting the investigation and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.