A CRIME scene has been established after the body of a woman was discovered in a Bellambi home today.

Emergency services were called to a home on Lorking Street after the badly battered body of 39-year-old Kristie Powell was found inside a bedroom about 1.10am.

The body had suffered serious injuries and her death is being treated as suspicious.

A baby boy was also found in the home uninjured.

Wollongong Police have commenced an investigation into the incident and the scene will be forensically examined.