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| Violent deaths of couple probed | Violent deaths of couple probed |
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| Post-mortem examinations are to be held on a man who died after driving into a tree, and a woman thought to be his wife, found murdered at their home. | Post-mortem examinations are to be held on a man who died after driving into a tree, and a woman thought to be his wife, found murdered at their home. |
| Police initially attended a road crash near West Chiltington, West Sussex, on Sunday night, after a man driving a Smart car struck a tree. | Police initially attended a road crash near West Chiltington, West Sussex, on Sunday night, after a man driving a Smart car struck a tree. |
| The 66-year-old man was taken to Worthing Hospital where he later died. | The 66-year-old man was taken to Worthing Hospital where he later died. |
| Police inquiries led to his home, about half a mile from the crash, where the body of a 63-year-old woman was found. | Police inquiries led to his home, about half a mile from the crash, where the body of a 63-year-old woman was found. |
| Officers had to force their way into the large, gated house in Silverwood after noticing a car in the driveway but receiving no reply. | |
| Police found the woman in a pool of blood and are treating her death as murder. | Police found the woman in a pool of blood and are treating her death as murder. |
| To have such a horrible thing happen on your doorstep is truly numbing Neighbour Eileen Rogers | |
| Officers do not believe anyone else is involved. | Officers do not believe anyone else is involved. |
| Neither bodies are expected to be formally identified until Thursday. | Neither bodies are expected to be formally identified until Thursday. |
| Detective Chief Inspector Adam Hibbert of Sussex Police's Major Crime Branch is leading the investigation, codenamed Operation Armoy. | Detective Chief Inspector Adam Hibbert of Sussex Police's Major Crime Branch is leading the investigation, codenamed Operation Armoy. |
| Neighbour Eileen Rogers said: "It is terrible to think that this has happened just before Christmas. | |
| "To have such a horrible thing happen on your doorstep is truly numbing. | |
| "I can't enjoy Christmas knowing what has happened to this poor woman." |