The father of accused killer Jaymes Todd has described how his shocked family is struggling to comes to terms with his son's arrest and had "no inkling" Jaymes could allegedly be connected to the Carlton North attack.

Jason Todd told The Age on Friday his family was stunned when told the 19-year-old had been charged with the rape and murder of aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon.

"We are struggling obviously – it's a huge thing we didn't think we would ever have to deal with in our lives," he said.

"We had no inkling anything like this was possible to happen."