This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7115775.stm
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 5 | Version 6 |
---|---|
Murder inquiry after bodies found | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Police are continuing to search a Derby house where two bodies were discovered. | |
Officers launched a murder inquiry after they were called to a house on Moore Street in Normanton early on Tuesday afternoon. | |
Detectives said a friend of the occupant had visited the house and alerted the police - who are treating the deaths as suspicious. | |
Part of the street remains sealed off while a forensic team examines the mid-terrace house. | |
Det Supt David Cooper said: "The bodies of a man and a woman were found just before 3pm by a friend of the occupant of the house who was visiting. That friend called police. | Det Supt David Cooper said: "The bodies of a man and a woman were found just before 3pm by a friend of the occupant of the house who was visiting. That friend called police. |
I can't believe this has happened on my doorstep, it has really shaken me Neighbour | I can't believe this has happened on my doorstep, it has really shaken me Neighbour |
"From what we have seen at the scene we are satisfied that this is suspicious. We are treating it as a murder investigation". | "From what we have seen at the scene we are satisfied that this is suspicious. We are treating it as a murder investigation". |
Householders on the terraced residential street said they were shocked by the news. | Householders on the terraced residential street said they were shocked by the news. |
Neighbours saw a man running from the property "screaming and shouting". | |
One said: "I spoke to my neighbours and they said they had seen him run out of the house screaming and shouting and asking people to call the police. | |
"I can't believe this has happened on my doorstep, it has really shaken me." | "I can't believe this has happened on my doorstep, it has really shaken me." |
The woman said that a man in his mid-20s lived alone at the property, which remains cordoned off and under police guard. | The woman said that a man in his mid-20s lived alone at the property, which remains cordoned off and under police guard. |
Reports also indicate a nearby car was removed by police. |