Suspected murderer arrested after police manhunt following death of woman in West Yorkshire

According to MailOnline, officers were called to a property in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury at 6.43pm on Sunday where a woman in her 20s was found seriously injured before she later passed away.

West Yorkshire Police launched a manhunt in the early hours of Monday but a 35-year-old man has now been detained and is in custody.

Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murder which they are treating as a ‘domestic related incident’.

Video footage from the scene yesterday showed a large police presence and a nearby air ambulance.

Dozens of armed police officers were reported to be called to the incident and police cordons were put in place.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: ‘Police were called to a property in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury at 6.43pm today (Sunday, 19 November) where a woman in her 20’s was found seriously injured.

‘Despite emergency medical attention at the scene she tragically passed away a short time later.

‘A large scale police operation was mounted in the area, resulting in the arrest of a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murder.’