04/09/2014
Police Launch Murder Investigation After Woman Is Found Stabbed In A Field
A mother who was found dead in a field in the New Forest is believed to have been stabbed to death.
Penelope Davis, 47, was looking after her horses at the time of the attack. Her husband, Pete, found her body on Ley Green Farm in Beaulieu.
Police have launched a murder investigation and are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
Detective Superintendent Paul Barton, who is leading the investigation said: "We are treating the discovery of a woman's body in Beaulieu as murder.
"I would like to appeal to anyone who was in the area of Lyndhurst Road, Beaulieu yesterday, Tuesday 2nd September between 2pm and 5pm to contact us.
"We will be increasing our patrols in the area but I want to remind the community that crimes of this nature are extremely rare."
(CD/IT)
Penelope Davis, 47, was looking after her horses at the time of the attack. Her husband, Pete, found her body on Ley Green Farm in Beaulieu.
Police have launched a murder investigation and are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
Detective Superintendent Paul Barton, who is leading the investigation said: "We are treating the discovery of a woman's body in Beaulieu as murder.
"I would like to appeal to anyone who was in the area of Lyndhurst Road, Beaulieu yesterday, Tuesday 2nd September between 2pm and 5pm to contact us.
"We will be increasing our patrols in the area but I want to remind the community that crimes of this nature are extremely rare."
(CD/IT)
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