Posted: Mon 3rd Jul 2017

Police appeal for information after suspicious death of woman in Flint

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Monday, Jul 3rd, 2017

Detectives investigating the suspicious death of woman in Flint on Saturday 1st July have released ‘under investigation’ a local man who had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Police and paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance service were called to an address in Windsor Drive Flint at 2.50am on Saturday after the discovery of a woman’s body.

A local woman aged in her 40s, died at the scene, police say circumstances under which she was found led to the arrest of a 50-year-old local man at the scene on suspicion of her murder.

The man was released on Sunday afternoon, he remains ‘under investigation’.

The woman’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist Police Family Liaison Officers.

Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector Arwyn Jones at Wrexham CID said;

Following a post mortem examination we have significant concerns about the injuries found and an investigation is underway to establish the full circumstances.

Detectives are speaking with neighbours and others in the local community but we are very keen to hear from anyone who was in the Windsor Drive area of Flint between the evening of Friday 30th June and the early hours of Saturday morning.

Specialist Police Family Liaison Officers are deployed to her family, our thoughts are with them at this difficult time and on their behalf we’d like anyone with information to come forward as soon as possible.

Anyone who has any information should contact North Wales Police via the web live chat http://www.north-wales.police.uk/contact/chat-support.aspx.  Alternatively phone on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 and quote RC 1709 7490.

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