Murder investigation after woman found dead in Woolwich

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead in Woolwich.

The Met were called to a flat in Argyll Road in the Royal Arsenal at 5:25pm on Friday 17th January.

Officers entering police discovered the body of a woman, aged 43.

A post mortem held on Saturday, 18 January gave cause of death as blunt force trauma and head injury.

DCI Suzanne Soren, Specialist Crime South, said: “This is a deeply tragic incident and are thoughts are very much with the victim’s family who are being supported by specialist officers. At this early stage we believe the suspect was known to the victim and we are carrying out urgent enquiries to trace a named individual.”

Anyone with information which could assist the investigation is asked to call 101 quoting ref: CAD 5231/17Jan.

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