26/01/2010

St Helens Murder Probe

Detectives in St Helens have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 55-year-old woman in Newton-le-Willows.

Officers were called by the ambulance services at around 3.40am on Friday, to reports that a woman had been found at the bottom of the stairs at an address in Valentine Road.

The woman, who has been named today as Susan Parr, was taken to hospital where she later died.

A Home Office Post Mortem has been ordered to establish the cause of death.

Crime Scene Investigators attended the scene and the house was cordoned off for forensic examinations.

House to house to enquiries are still on-going in the area, a police spokesman said.

Detectives have appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to contact St Helens CID on 0151 777 1565 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

(PR/BMcC)

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