Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Metropolitan Police have taken over the investigation (PA)A murder investigation has been launched after a man's body was discovered inside a white Ford Transit van in Leicester on Wednesday evening. Leicestershire Police found the body after responding to concerns about the van, which is registered to an address in south west London. A 39-year-old woman was arrested on Friday in Hounslow, London, on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. The Metropolitan Police have taken over the investigation, establishing a crime scene at a house in Sutton Dene, east Hounslow. Detectives are appealing for public assistance, particularly for information or footage of the van (BF18 VNV) travelling to Leicester before Wednesday, 27 May. In fullMystery body in van in Leicester leads police to ‘crime scene’ 100 miles away in LondonThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after man’s body found in van
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Metropolitan Police have taken over the investigation (PA)A murder investigation has been launched after a man's body was discovered inside a white Ford Transit van in Leicester on Wednesday evening. Leicestershire Police found the body after responding to concerns about the van, which is registered to an address in south west London. A 39-year-old woman was arrested on Friday in Hounslow, London, on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. The Metropolitan Police have taken over the investigation, establishing a crime scene at a house in Sutton Dene, east Hounslow. Detectives are appealing for public assistance, particularly for information or footage of the van (BF18 VNV) travelling to Leicester before Wednesday, 27 May. In fullMystery body in van in Leicester leads police to ‘crime scene’ 100 miles away in LondonThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
A man's body found in a van in Leicester on 27 May led to the arrest of a 39-year-old woman in Hounslow on suspicion of murder. The Met Police took over, established a crime scene in east Hounslow and seek footage of van BF18 VNV traveling to Leicester before 27 May.
