A man is believed to have killed himself in a children’s play area in a quiet Yorkshire village after fleeing the cottage where his partner lay critically injured.
Shona Blackburn, 46, was brutally beaten with an iron bar yesterday before her gym-goer boyfriend ran off - sparking a huge manhunt.
He was later found dead among play equipment behind the village hall in picturesque Naburn, just outside York.
According to locals, the couple had lived in the village a number of years where keen horsewoman Ms Blackburn had a job working from her £300,000 cottage.
Her partner - who has yet to be named - did not appear to work and was often seen out walking her whippet, called Lady.
