A late-night emergency call to a residential apartment turned into a murder investigation in Darlington on Wednesday night.
Emergency crews rushed to an address on Parkgate at around 9:15 p.m. following reports of a medical emergency.
Paramedics and police officers entered a residential flat located directly above The Greyhound pub to assist the victim.
First responders located a woman believed to be in her 40s inside the residence, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers quickly secured the property and established a wide police cordon along Parkgate to protect the crime scene.
Specialist crime scene investigators spent the night examining the flat while officers carried out door-to-door enquiries in the neighborhood.
Durham Police confirmed that formal identification of the victim has not yet taken place as detectives work to notify her next of kin.
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