10/08/2009

Teenage Girl Arrested Over Body Find

A girl and a 41-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two bodies were discovered in Suffolk.

Suffolk Police said that the first body was found yesterday morning at around 11am after a member of the public called police to express concern for the welfare of a woman in a flat at Victoria Street.

A man was then found dead at about 4am this morning (Monday) at an address in nearby Limerick Close.

Police said the deaths are possibly linked.

The man and a girl, aged 15, were arrested at 8am on suspicion of murder and are awaiting questioning at Ipswich police station.

An Ipswich police spokeswoman confirmed: "At just after 8am this morning, a 15-year-old Ipswich female and a 41-year-old Ipswich male were arrested on suspicion of murder.

"They are both in custody at Ipswich police station awaiting questioning."

(JM/BMcc)

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