Police are hunting other victims who ‘may have come to harm’
Police officers on the footbridge over the river Calder to Asda, Dewsbury(Image: YorkshireLive)
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead following reports of an ‘armed robbery’ at an Asda supermarket.
Police were called at around 9.20pm on Saturday (July 26) to reports of the incident at the Asda store in Dewsbury. A man was arrested at the scene and a knife was seized.
After his arrest, the man disclosed that a woman, who he believed to be deceased, was inside a property on Norfolk Street, in Batley, West Yorkshire Police said. Officers attended the address and found the body of a woman.
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Formal identification is yet to take place, but she is believed to be aged in her twenties. The 37-year-old man, who had been arrested a short time before in connection with the robbery incident, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder. West Yorkshire Police said there are potentially two further people, a man and a woman, who may have come to harm. Enquiries are ongoing in the area to locate them.
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Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector, Dan Bates of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “This is clearly a very serious incident, where a young woman has lost her life.
“There is a heightened police presence in Dewsbury today as we work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident. Our immediate priority is to identify and locate the two people and establish whether or not they have come to any harm.
The Asda store in Dewsbury(Image: Huddersfield Examiner)
“A murder investigation is also underway and we do not believe there is any wider risk to the public at this time. We recognise this inquiry will cause concern in the community; we are working closely with our colleagues in the local neighbourhood policing team, who have stepped up patrols in the town centre. “I would like to appeal to anyone who may have information that would assist to come forward and speak to us. We are also looking for any CCTV, doorbell and dash cam footage people might have to help our investigation.” Anyone with information is asked to contact Police on 101 or via the Live Chat options at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/contactus quoting crime reference 13250426256. Information can always be given anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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