Overview

• A 57-year-old woman was found stabbed at a Bakewell Place bungalow around 7:45 pm on August 13 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Officers arrested a 41-year-old woman at a separate Newton Aycliffe address shortly after the incident and she remains in custody on suspicion of murder.
• Crime scene investigators have imposed cordons at both the Bakewell Place property and a second spot on Fenhall Green but have not yet confirmed whether the two scenes are connected.
• North East Ambulance Service and the Great North Air Ambulance Service deployed multiple ambulances and critical care units within minutes of the emergency call.
• Residents near Sid Chaplin Drive and Well House Drive report alarm at the extensive police activity as officers warn that patrols will stay elevated in the coming days.