A grandmother allegedly stabbed to death by her daughter has been identified.
Irene Herzel, 78, was found with multiple stab wounds at a home on Holroyd Court in Blackburn South in Melbourne’s east just after 11am on Tuesday.
Officers had been called to the property for a welfare check, Victoria Police said.
A 47-year-old woman was arrested shortly after police attended the home.
She has been charged with murder, and will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
John Hurley lives on the same street and described Ms Herzel as a ‘lovely and pleasant person’.
‘I used to walk past her place on most days and she would be out there, saying “hello, how are you”,’ he told Nine News.
‘We would talk about gardening.’
He gave lemons to Ms Herzel and in return she would bring over something made with them.
‘It’s so sad to see. She was very quiet, unassuming, pleasant. (She) just wanted to be a really nice person.
‘I am just shocked this happened because she was so lovely.’