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Merseyside police appeal for information after woman's body found in Stanley Park
The unidentified woman's body was discovered inside a bin bag in a Liverpool park, prompting a murder investigation.
The short version
- A passerby discovered the body of an unidentified woman inside a black bin bag in Stanley Park, Liverpool, on August 28.
- Merseyside police are treating the death as a murder and believe the body may have lain undiscovered for several weeks.
- Detectives have been unable to identify the woman through missing person databases and are appealing to the public for information.
Key facts
- The body was found in the walled garden area of Stanley Park in the Anfield area of Liverpool at around 5:25 p.m. on Friday, August 28.[The Guardian]
- The woman is described as white, about 1.57 meters tall, of small build, with strawberry-blond hair, and was found wearing a pink Nike T-shirt.[The Guardian]
- Police estimate the deceased woman was in her 70s.[The Guardian]
- A postmortem examination was conducted on Saturday, August 29, but police have withheld the results for investigation reasons.[The Guardian]
- Merseyside police are treating the case as a murder investigation and are conducting forensic, CCTV, and house-to-house inquiries.[The Guardian]
What remains uncertain
- The identity of the woman remains unknown as checks of local and national missing person reports have not yielded results.[The Guardian]
- The exact cause of death has not been publicly disclosed.[The Guardian]
Sources
- Police appeal after unidentified woman’s body found in Liverpool parkThe Guardian - World