The body of a homeless woman who was found murdered in a Melbourne park has been identified - as the search for her killer enters its second day. Dog walkers made the horrendous discovery at Melbourne's Royal Park on Saturday morning, but the woman's cause of death remains a mystery. The woman has been identified as 25-year-old Courtney Herron, who has no fixed residence. Police believe she was assaulted at the scene overnight, between Friday and 9.25am Saturday morning. The body of a homless woman who was found murdered in a Melbourne park has been identified as 25-year-old Courtney Herron Police believe Ms Herron was assaulted at the scene overnight, between Friday and 9.25am Saturday morning Investigators are still working to establish her movements and have appealed for public assistance to help piece together Ms Herron's movements and lead them to her killer, who remains on the run. The last confirmed sighting of Ms Herron was on May 14 in St Albans, in New South Wales. The woman's body was discovered near a group of logs under a tree in the 180 hectare park, where a heartbreaking letter was left on Sunday morning. A man was seen visiting the spot where her body was found and leaving a bouquet of flowers along with the touching note. 'You deserve so much better,' the note read. 'May you rest in everlasting peace.' The death comes less than a year after another woman was found dead in Melbourne. A man was seen visiting the spot where her body was found and leaving a bouquet of flowers along with the touching note The body of the woman is removed from the scene in Royal Park, Melbourne, on Saturday The cause of death and identification of the victim hasn't been determined yet, as forensic teams, police and the SES comb the Royal Park for evidence Eurydice Dixon's body was discovered in Princes Park in Carlton North in June last year, just a few kilometres away from today's grisly discovery. The 22-year-old was raped and murdered while walking home from the city at night. 'It's the death of a woman sadly again in our city,' Homicide detective Andrew Stamper told reporters. 'We get impacted as much as anyone else in the community.' Det-Insp Stamper said that homeless people regularly sleep rough in the Royal Park, and it's not yet known if Saturday's victim was homeless. Police are treating the death of a woman as suspicious after her body was found by dog walkers in Melbourne's Royal Park on Saturday morning 'This is a horrendous crime, as all murders are. Our focus will be on catching the perpetrator of this horrendous crime,' Det-Insp Stamper said. He said it was too soon to determine the woman's age, injuries, time of death, and doesn't know if the crime occurred somewhere else. Det-Insp Stamper also didn't reveal if the woman was sexually assaulted or not, but said a post-mortem examination will be undertaken soon. 'Sadly at the moment we still don't know who this female is, and we still don't know the circumstance that brought her to the park or what happened,' he said. A number of police vehicles are in the park and have cordoned off a large area between the North Park Tennis Club and the Flemington Road Cricket Oval The woman's body was discovered near the North Park Tennis Club in Parkville in Melbourne's north on Saturday morning The woman's death comes less than a year after 22-year-old Eurydice Dixon's body was found in Princes Park in Carlton North in June last year - just a few kilometres away A forensic team in face masks and gloves are examining the area inside the police tape - which is surrounded by thick bushes and trees 'We've been working very hard since then to get some answers from the crime scene.' At around 1pm Saturday a police helicopter circled the scene more than 10 times, while officers on bicycles rode around the area speaking to locals. Officers cordoned off a large area between the North Park Tennis Club and the Flemington Road Cricket Oval. Forensic investigators in face masks and gloves examined the area inside the police tape - which is surrounded by thick bushes and trees. North Park Tennis Club head coach Gabriel Moise, said it was 'pretty scary' to have a woman's body discovered nearby. 'It's very bad … it's pretty confronting,' he told the ABC. Homicide detective Andrew Stamper (left) told reporters the woman's death is being treated as suspicious, and is appealing for anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers Officers have cordoned off a large area between the North Park Tennis Club and the Flemington Road Cricket OvalAll rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility