Woman's death no longer treated as suspicious

The death of a woman is no longer being treated as suspicious following a post-mortem examination, police said.

Her body was found in Gladstone Street in Raunds, Northamptonshire, at 15:45 GMT on Monday.

The death was initially treated as "unexplained" and a man in his 40s was detained on suspicion of murder.

Tests carried out on Tuesday determined there were no suspicious circumstances and the man was released, with no further action being taken against him.

Det Insp Matt Bly said: "Although we have managed to establish that there was no third-party involvement in the death of the woman, that does not make it any less sad for those that loved her, and our thoughts are with her family and friends at this very sad time.

"It is only right that an incident such as this is treated with the utmost seriousness, however following our inquiries today and the results of the post-mortem this afternoon, we have deemed this woman's death to be non-suspicious and the man we arrested in order to preserve best evidence has been released without charge.

"Our findings have been explained to this woman's family and we will continue to support them."

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