Overview
- Officers were called at about 11:15am on February 12 to a welfare concern on Seventh Street in Horden, where a woman in her 40s was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Durham Constabulary initially treated the case as an unexplained death and established cordons while inquiries began.
- Police later said the investigation continues but the death is not currently believed to be suspicious, with a coroner’s file now in progress.
- Crime scene investigators and forensic officers examined the area, including the alley between Seventh and Eighth Street, with a visible CSI presence on site.
- Her family have been informed and are receiving support from specialist officers, as residents left floral tributes and reported disruption from road closures.