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Results due over women's murder | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
The results of post-mortem examinations carried out on the bodies of two young women found dead in a flat are expected to be released. | |
The pair were found at Jupiter Apartments in Birmingham city centre two days ago and their bodies removed overnight, police said. | |
A 28-year-old man arrested at a port in Kent on Tuesday morning on suspicion of murdering the women remains in custody. | |
Detectives said they were the victims of a "sustained and violent attack". | |
Det Ch Supt Dave Mirfield, from West Midlands Police, said one or more weapons were used and there was "a substantial amount of blood inside many of the rooms". | |
CCTV checked | |
There were also "signs of ransacking" in the fourth floor apartment in Ryland Street, in Ladywood. | |
The block has remained cordoned off since the discovery and a second area, a small building site on Sherborne Street, opposite the flats, was cordoned off earlier after a builder said he found blood there. | |
A spokesman said officers were in contact with the relatives of the dead women but have not released their names. | |
Searches have been carried out in and around the complex, including the car park below the apartments. | Searches have been carried out in and around the complex, including the car park below the apartments. |
Officers have also been carrying out door-to-door enquiries and CCTV footage is being checked. | |
The apartments are part of the recently-built Jupiter development near to Broad Street, the city's entertainment centre. | The apartments are part of the recently-built Jupiter development near to Broad Street, the city's entertainment centre. |