A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a missing persons alert for a woman not seen at her home for more than 2 weeks. Neighbours said they had not seen the woman for a while as Cambridgeshire police announced tonight an arrest had been made.
Police taped off the missing woman’s house in Christchurch near March, Cambridgeshire, earlier today. Police cars were seen both at the back and front of the house and police tape circles the garden.
“The woman from Christchurch, who is in her 50s, has not been seen since late January and police have been carrying out enquiries and searches but so far to no avail,” said a spokesperson for Cambridgeshire police.
“Detectives are concerned enough about her welfare to treat her disappearance as a murder.”
The spokesperson confirmed that a 47-year-old man from Christchurch has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Detectives from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit declared the case a ‘no-body’ murder investigation today (Friday 14 February).
Detective Inspector Richard Stott said: “Concern was raised for the woman last night and due to the length of time since she was last seen and concerns that she may have come to some harm, we are treating this as a murder investigation.”
