Police Keep Murder Cordons at Ann Widdecombe's Home as Manhunt Continues 24 Hours After Suspected Attack
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 11
Police Keep Murder Cordons at Ann Widdecombe's Home as Manhunt Continues 24 Hours After Suspected Attack
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 11
Summary
Haytor Vale, a Dartmoor village of fewer than 200 people, remained under heavy police presence on Saturday as officers kept cordons around Ann Widdecombe's home and continued a murder inquiry.
Police suspect foul play after Widdecombe, 78, was found dead on Thursday morning, and earlier said they believe the attack happened nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered.
Door-to-door inquiries are continuing while residents voice fear that the perpetrator may still be at large, replacing the village's usual summer walkers and visitors with officers, forensics teams and journalists.
Flowers and tributes have gathered near her Devon home and from Buckfast Abbey to nearby villages, where neighbours remembered the former minister as kind, humorous and well integrated into the community after 18 years there.