Police investigate ‘murder suicide’ after woman, 46, ‘killed her partner, 58, before taking her own life’
- The double-death tragedy happened in Llanelli, West Wales
- Officers were called to a quiet residential street on Sunday night
- Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident
A woman killed her partner before taking her own life in an apparent murder-suicide.
Police say a 58-year-old man was found murdered at a terraced home where a 46-year-old woman was also discovered dead.
They say her death is not being treated as suspicious.
The double-death tragedy shocked neighbours after police were called to a quiet residential street in Llanelli, West Wales, on Sunday night.
The bodies of a man and woman have been found inside a house in Llanelli in an apparent murder-suicide (pictured above)
Neighbour Carol Mutter, 63, said: ‘It is very sad especially at this time of year.
‘The police called around to see if I had heard anything but there was noting I could tell them.
‘I didn’t know the couple and I’m not sure how long they had been living here.’
One bystander, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I was driving through Lakefield Place on Monday at around 4pm and I could see a forensic tent outside a home in the street. I could also see police door-knocking.’
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said officers were called to the property shortly after 8.30pm on Sunday, when they found the bodies inside.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said police were investigating but were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident
She said said: ‘Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating the sudden deaths of two people in Llanelli.
‘The man’s death is being treated as a murder and the woman’s as a non-suspicious death.
‘Officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased at this tragic time.’
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