A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a mother-of-three was found dead from stab wounds.
Police were called to a home in Halifax, West Yorkshire, over reports that a woman, named locally as Monika Lasek, had been stabbed at 11.32am yesterday.
The 36-year-old was pronounced dead a short time later.
A man at the house was found to have minor injuries and has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Shocked neighbours described the moment they smashed in windows to find the bloodsoaked body of Ms Lasek after her 14-year-old son raised the alarm.
Police were called to a home in Halifax, West Yorkshire, over reports that a woman, named locally as Monika Lasek, had been stabbed at 11.32am yesterday
The 36-year-old, who was a mother of three, was pronounced dead a short time later
She was found in the corridor of her family home which she shared with her husband and three teenage children – a boy and two girls
She was found in the corridor of her family home which she shared with her husband and three teenage children – a boy and two girls.
Ms Lasek’s 14-year-old son raised the alarm after he came home from the shops to find his mother covered in blood and a man threatening to hang himself.
Neighbour Janusz Sawka explained he had known the family for five years since they moved in to the address on Solstice Way.
Janusz said he was at home yesterday when Ms Lasek’s teenage son started hammering on his door.
The 65-year-old retired factory worker said: ‘He was screaming and shouting for me to help him.
‘He said, ‘My mother is on the floor and there’s lots of blood.’
Janusz said the boy was confronted with the scene after returning home from a trip to a Morrisons supermarket.
He added: ‘So when he got back he tried to go inside as normal. When he went inside she was on the floor.’
Shocked neighbours have described the moment they smashed in windows to find the blood soaked body of Ms Lasek
Ms Lasek’s terrified son raised the alarm and Janusz said he called the police while his two nephews tried to break down the front door of the family home.
When they couldn’t get through, Janusz said he told them to smash the windows and climb in.
Janusz said: ‘They opened the door from the inside and Monika was in the floor.
‘There was a lot of blood. When I saw her I knew she was already dead.
‘I knew them as neighbours so we used to talk about things like the weather all the time, but there’s not much I can really tell you about them.’
He said that Ms Lasek’s husband Zbigniew Lasek had told him that she had left him for good.
He said: ‘They both used to work at a pet food factory, but I don’t think they do now.
‘I saw Zbigniew two weeks ago and he told me that Monika had left him for good and he was alone now. I think she was working in a hotel.’
A next-door-neighbour who saw the horrific scenes inside the house said there was a lot of shouting on the day Ms Lasek died.
The neighbour, who doesn’t want to be named, said: ‘My friend from over the road called me and told me that people were smashing windows.
‘It was her son that found them, he’s 14 years old. He was looking through the letterbox and could see them.
A next-door-neighbour who saw the horrific scenes inside the house said there was a lot of shouting on the day Ms Lasek died
‘I came down and the son was there with another neighbour trying to get into the house.
‘There was blood everywhere. She was definitely already dead – you could see that.
‘We rang the police and they were there within minutes and told us all to leave.
‘I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. I’m scared to go back into my own house now because it happened next door. I just can’t believe it.’
Det Chief Insp Jim Griffiths said: ‘Inquiries into this incident are at an early stage and I would appeal to anyone who has any information about it to contact police on 101.’