Overview
- The Metropolitan Police have identified the victim found dead in Southall as 65-year-old Michael O’Donnell, though formal identification is pending.
- A 54-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder and preventing a lawful burial; both remain in custody.
- Officers were called to a Samara Drive property on Wednesday morning, April 23, following welfare concerns; O’Donnell was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Detectives and forensic specialists are working to establish the circumstances of the death, with heightened police patrols in the area to reassure residents.
- Police are urging anyone with information to contact them via 101, quoting reference CAD2369/23APR, or to report anonymously through Crimestoppers.