Overview
- Officers responded to a welfare call on West End Lane in NW6 at about 11:25am on March 5, where paramedics confirmed the 82-year-old had died.
- A 53-year-old man was arrested inside the property within minutes of police arriving and remains in custody on suspicion of murder.
- Detectives have launched a homicide investigation and are working to establish the full circumstances of the death.
- A post-mortem is pending, and officers are seeking to identify and inform the victim’s next of kin.
- Police are appealing for information, asking witnesses to call 101 quoting reference 2793/5MAR or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.