Overview
- Essex Police opened a murder investigation after officers found a man in his 40s injured inside a caravan at Valley Farm Holiday Park and he was later pronounced dead.
- Officers were called to the site following reports of a man making threats and discovered the injured victim at about 9.15pm on Wednesday, October 14.
- A 39-year-old man from Ingatestone was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, taken to hospital for a hand injury, and later further arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
- Police have established a cordon and are carrying out on-site enquiries while detectives say they are not seeking anyone else and do not believe there is an ongoing risk to the wider public.
- Investigators are appealing for anyone with CCTV, dash‑cam or other footage or who saw anything to contact Essex Police quoting incident 1253 of October 14 as specialist officers support the victim’s family.