11/03/2019
Woman Found Murdered In East Belfast
Police are treating the death of a 53-year-old woman at a house in east Belfast as murder.
The discovery was made at a home in the Whincroft Way area on Sunday evening, 10 March.
A post-mortem is due to be carried out to determine the cause of death.
A 42-year-old man has been arrested and is in police custody.
Police have appealed to anyone who was in the area on Sunday who witnessed anything or has any information to contact detectives on 101 quoting reference 1345.
(JG/CM)
The discovery was made at a home in the Whincroft Way area on Sunday evening, 10 March.
A post-mortem is due to be carried out to determine the cause of death.
A 42-year-old man has been arrested and is in police custody.
Police have appealed to anyone who was in the area on Sunday who witnessed anything or has any information to contact detectives on 101 quoting reference 1345.
(JG/CM)
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