60-year-old Nigerian woman, Nkiru Chima, has been discovered dead with multiple stab wounds in her apartment in Romford, United Kingdom.
According to a statement released on Tuesday via the UK Metropolitan Police website, officers were alerted around 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, after receiving a report from the British Transport Police expressing concerns about the woman’s welfare.
“Police are continuing enquiries following the death of a 60-year-old woman in Romford,” the statement read.
It continued: “On Sunday, 27 July, Met Police received a report from the British Transport Police at around 19:00hrs following concerns for the welfare of a woman at an address in Bushy Close, RM1.
Officers located a woman at the address with multiple stab wounds; she was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. She has since been named as 60-year-old Nkiru Chima from Romford.”
The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation, suggesting Chima’s death may be linked to another fatal incident that occurred on the same day.
Detective Chief Inspector Joanna Yorke, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said:
“As our enquiries have progressed, we are confident that Nkiru’s tragic death is connected to the death of a 20-year-old man on the train tracks at Romford station earlier that evening.
This man was known to Nkiru and British Transport Police continue to investigate his death.
I would like to thank the local community for their support with this investigation so far.”
She urged anyone with helpful information to assist the police in their ongoing investigation:
“Our thoughts continue to remain with Nkiru’s family at this difficult time.
Our officers will be continuing enquiries and we encourage anyone with any information to contact us.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or contact ‘X’ @METCC and quote CAD6914/27JUL.”
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