Police investigation into man’s Christmas Day death in village
A 33-year-old woman from Cannock is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman is being questioned by police after she was arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on Christmas Day in a Staffordshire village.
Staffordshire Police said officers were called to a report of a man in his 30s in cardiac arrest on Elm Road, Norton Canes, at around 3.25am on Wednesday.
Despite medical efforts he died shortly afterwards and a post-mortem examination is scheduled to take place on Boxing Day morning.
A 33-year-old woman from Cannock is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police said the man’s next of kin have been informed.
The force added that a crime scene was expected to remain at the address for a number of days.
Police said local residents would see an “increased presence of neighbourhood officers in the area as they provide reassurance and help to gather evidence”.