Overview
- Emergency services were called to a flat on Keepers Road in Devizes at about 8.10am on December 25.
- A woman in her 80s was pronounced dead at the scene following a reported serious assault.
- A 63-year-old woman known to the victim was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-changing, and she will be questioned after treatment.
- Detectives have established a cordon and launched an urgent investigation that includes house-to-house inquiries and an increased local police presence.
- Officers said they are not looking for anyone else and are working to identify the victim’s next of kin.