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Women's bodies removed from flat Results due over women's murder
(about 11 hours later)
Police have removed the bodies of two women found dead in their bloodied flat near Birmingham city centre. 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 women, who were in their early 20s, were found at Jupiter Apartments, Ryland Street, Ladywood, on Monday and their bodies were removed overnight. The pair were found at Jupiter Apartments in Birmingham city centre two days ago and their bodies removed overnight, police said.
Post-mortem examinations were expected to be carried out later. A 28-year-old man arrested at a port in Kent on Tuesday morning on suspicion of murdering the women remains in custody.
Detectives are continuing to question a 28-year-old man arrested at a sea port in Kent on Tuesday morning on suspicion of murdering the women. Detectives said they were the victims of a "sustained and violent attack".
Police said they were in contact with the relatives of the dead women but have not released their names. 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".
'Violent attack' CCTV checked
They were found on the fourth floor of the apartment block by the building's concierge, who broke in following concerns from their families. There were also "signs of ransacking" in the fourth floor apartment in Ryland Street, in Ladywood.
Det Ch Supt Dave Mirfield said both women were subjected to a "sustained and violent attack" in which one or more weapons were used. 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.
He said there were "signs of ransacking" in the flat and there was "a substantial amount of blood inside many of the rooms". A spokesman said officers were in contact with the relatives of the dead women but have not released their names.
A wire fence enclosing a small building site on Sherborne Street, opposite the flats, has been cordoned off after a builder said he found blood there.
The apartment block where the bodies were found has remained cordoned off since the women's bodies were discovered.
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.
Police are also studying CCTV footage and carrying out house-to-house inquiries. 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.