Overview
- Metropolitan Police say they were called by the London Ambulance Service to Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, at about 10:14 on 11 December, where Lorna Nightingale, 70, was pronounced dead.
- Emma Nightingale, 36, was arrested at the address and has been charged with her mother's murder, according to police.
- She was remanded in custody and appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on 13 December, with a Crown Court appearance scheduled at the Old Bailey on 9 January.
- Police previously reported the pair were found safe and well on 30 September after separate disappearances earlier in the year that prompted an extensive search.
- Detectives are still establishing the circumstances and timing of Lorna’s death, with reports citing a possible window between 1 November and 11 December.