A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead at a home in Stanford-le-Hope yesterday.

Police were contacted by the ambulance service shortly after midnight on Sunday, August 20, with reports a woman aged in her 70s had died at an address in Milton Road, Stanford-Le-Hope. 

A post mortem investigation held on Sunday, August 20, revealed the preliminary cause of death to be compression of the neck. 

A murder investigation has now been launched and a 51-year-old woman from Chelmsford has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 

Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with this investigation and enquiries are ongoing.

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