Accused murderer arrested boarding international flight

He has been charged with one count of murder after the discovery of a missing woman's body in Little River, a town 44km southwest of Melbourne, on Saturday.

The 53-year-old woman from Dandenong was reported missing on Thursday after she did not contact her family as expected, with police deeming the circumstances suspicious.

Her body was found in the vicinity of Little River Road and the Princes Freeway in Little River and officers have set up a crime scene.

The body is yet to be formally identified, but detectives believe it is the missing woman.

The accused from Patterson Lakes has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Sunday.