Overview
- Leicestershire officers forced entry to a white Ford Transit (registration BF18 VNV) after a member of the public raised concerns and found a man’s body in the vehicle on Wednesday.
- Police traced the van’s registered keeper and arrested a 39-year-old woman at a property in Hounslow; she remains in custody on suspicion of murder.
- The East Midlands Special Operations Unit’s major crime team is leading the homicide inquiry and has appealed for anyone with sightings or footage of the van to contact police.
- Detectives have said they are continuing scene work and inquiries to establish the cause of death while efforts to identify the man and notify his next of kin are under way.
- If members of the public provide CCTV or dashcam footage it could help police reconstruct the van’s movements and narrow the timeline, which may support criminal charging decisions.