Enquiry continuing to establish cause of death

Date published: 03 September 2013


Further tests are being carried out to establish the cause of death of a woman found dead at a house in Rochdale.

At about 10pm on Sunday 1 September 2013, police were called to an address on Manchester Road in Heywood, Rochdale, following reports of a concern for welfare.

Officers attended and a 44-year-old woman was found dead at the scene.

A post mortem into the woman's death was inconclusive and further tests will be carried out.

A 24-year-old woman and two men, aged 24 and 64, arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed pending the outcome of these tests.

Enquiries are continuing.

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