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01/03/2007
Four arrested in car crash murder investigation
Four people have been arrested in Reading following the discovery of a man found dead in a car which had collided with a tree.
Three men aged 23, 27 and 42 and a woman aged 44 are currently being held in custody at Reading police station.
A murder investigation was launched after the man was found dead in a car at the junction of London Road and Kendrick Road shortly after 8pm on Wednesday night.
Police said that they suspected that the man's death was not due to the collision. In a statement Thames Valley Police said that the victim, believed to be in his mid-thirties, appeared not to have been shot or fatally injured while driving.
A full post-mortem is due to be carried out to establish the cause of death.
The area where the collision took place has been sealed off.
On Thursday, Detective Inspector Rebecca Mears appealed for witnesses to come forward. She said: "I am keen to hear from anyone who was in the London Road, Kendrick Road and Cemetery Junction area between 7pm and 8:30pm last night."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Reading CID on: 0845 8 505 505.
(KMcA/SP)
Three men aged 23, 27 and 42 and a woman aged 44 are currently being held in custody at Reading police station.
A murder investigation was launched after the man was found dead in a car at the junction of London Road and Kendrick Road shortly after 8pm on Wednesday night.
Police said that they suspected that the man's death was not due to the collision. In a statement Thames Valley Police said that the victim, believed to be in his mid-thirties, appeared not to have been shot or fatally injured while driving.
A full post-mortem is due to be carried out to establish the cause of death.
The area where the collision took place has been sealed off.
On Thursday, Detective Inspector Rebecca Mears appealed for witnesses to come forward. She said: "I am keen to hear from anyone who was in the London Road, Kendrick Road and Cemetery Junction area between 7pm and 8:30pm last night."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Reading CID on: 0845 8 505 505.
(KMcA/SP)
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