Man is arrested in hospital on suspicion of murder after body of missing woman is found at house in west London
- 26-year-old was in hospital in a non-life threatening condition when arrested
- The victim was found at a house in Hayes, west London at 9.35am yesterday
- She is believed to have been in her 30s and comes after 100 homicides in capital
A man has been arrested in hospital after woman’s body was found at a house in west London.
The suspect is thought to have been known to the woman, aged in her early 30s, who was found at the property in Whittington Avenue, Hayes on Monday.
Met Police said officers had been called at about 9.35am following concerns for the welfare of a missing woman.
A 26-year-old man was arrested at a west London hospital later that day. He remains in hospital but police said his condition was not life-threatening.
A policewoman is pictured outside the house in Hayes, west London where a woman was found dead yesterday
The Hayes murder probe is the 109th to be launched in the capital this year.
It comes after a 19-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by attack in Walthamstow on Saturday night.
Police said the man was bundled into a car by his friends after being shot and rushed to hospital in north-east London.
A police cordon blocks residents from going down an alleyway next to the house where the woman was found dead in Hayes, west London
The house in Hayes, west of the capital, was cordoned off with police tape on Tuesday morning
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