Death is now treated like a murder
West Mercia police have opened a murder investigation into the discovery of the woman’s body in Wast Hills Lane, Hopwood. The body was discovered by a member of the public shortly after 6 this morning. Detective Chief Gerry Smith said:
The woman had no identification and we made urgent inquiries to find out who she is. We now believe we have identified him and are working quickly to contact his family.
This is news that no family wants or should ever hear and we will make sure that they have the support of specially trained officers.
At this stage it is too early to speculate on what has happened, but it is important to say that we do not believe that there is any risk to the local community or the general public.
I don’t underestimate the impact that something like this will have on the local community, so you can expect to see additional agents around as our investigation continues. We have also been incredibly grateful for the support of the community so far.
We are following a series of lines of research, but to support our research we look forward to hearing from anyone in the area, or traveling through it, in the early hours of this morning who has not yet spoken to us. our agents “.