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Woman, 20, found ‘murdered’ at house in Ely as cops arrest four people

POLICE have launched a murder investigation after a woman in her 20s was found dead.

Cops arrested four people after the woman's body was found at a home in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Police arrested four people after the woman's body was found at a home in Ely, Cambridgeshire
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Police arrested four people after the woman's body was found at a home in Ely, CambridgeshireCredit: Alamy

Emergency services were scrambled to a property at about 2.10pm yesterday to reports of concern for a woman.

Paramedics battled to save her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her death is being treated as murder and a police cordon remains in place.

A 38-year-old woman, a 53-year-old man, and a 29-year-old man, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A 28-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Detective Inspector Dale Mepstead, who is investigating, said: “We will be conducting enquiries in and around High Barns area while our investigation into the death continues.

“There will be a large police presence while we carry out these enquiries and we would like to reassure people that we are treating this as an isolated incident.”

A postmortem is due to take place on Friday.