Overview
- Detectives responded to a concern-for-welfare call at a home on Millbrook Lane near Isca Academy, where an elderly woman was pronounced dead.
- An elderly Exeter man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.
- Investigators led by Detective Inspector Guy Biggar have sealed the address with a cordon for forensic work, with extra officers visible in the area.
- Police say the man and woman were known to each other and they are not seeking anyone else in connection with the death.
- Officers are tracing the woman’s next of kin and ask anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via the website or by calling 101, quoting reference 50260097605.