A 42 year old Zimbabwean man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife after her body was found in a Lidl car park in Birmingham.
The body of the deceased woman was found inside a car outside Lidl in Kitts Green, just before 5am on Monday.
The man believed to be her husband, was also at the crime scene and was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police traced the couple’s car to the store in Mackadown Lane at around 4.45am after launching a missing person’s search following a call from the couple’s concerned friends.
They found the car and a man and woman were inside. The woman was dead and died of suspected knife wounds. The supermarket and car park were cordoned off and are expected to remain like that for the rest of the day.
Det Chief Insp Paul Joyce, from the force’s CID, said: “Tragically the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the man was arrested on suspicion of her murder.
“While her identity is yet to be confirmed, at this stage we believe her to be the arrested man’s wife.”
The woman’s family have been informed and are being supported by trained officers.
Pictured police officers and forensic at the scene of a stabbing on the Lidl carpark, Kitts Green, Birmingham.
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