Police search for more victims after woman’s body found at home in Dewsbury

A woman’s dead body was discovered at home after police arrested a man attempting to hold up an Asda supermarket.

Police arrested a man accused of attempting an armed robbery at an Asda supermarket in Dewsbury at 9.21pm on Saturday.

Officers seized a knife from the man and arrested him.

According to police, the man then revealed to officers that a woman, who he believed to be dead, was inside a property on Norfolk Street, Batley.

Officers searched the home and found the body of a woman, believed to be in her twenties.  

The 37-year-old man, who had been arrested a short time before in connection with the robbery, was then arrested on suspicion of murder. 

Initial enquiries suggest there are potentially two further people, a man and a woman, who may have come to harm. Enquiries are ongoing in the Dewsbury area to locate them.

As part of these enquiries, there is ongoing policing activity in the town centre, near to the River Calder and in Westtown.
 
Detective Chief Inspector Dan Bates said: ‘This is clearly a very serious incident, where a young woman has lost her life.

‘There is a heightened police presence in Dewsbury today as we work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident. Our immediate priority is to identify and locate the two people and establish whether or not they have come to any harm. 
 
‘A murder investigation is also underway and we do not believe there is any wider risk to the public at this time.  
 
‘We recognise this inquiry will cause concern in the community; we are working closely with our colleagues in the local neighbourhood policing team, who have stepped up patrols in the town centre. 
 
‘I would like to appeal to anyone who may have information that would assist to come forward and speak to us. We are also looking for any CCTV, doorbell and dash cam footage people might have to help our investigation.’