A 31-year-old man was today arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman was found at an address in St Helens.
Emergency services were called to a house on Birch Grove in Garswood, a village in the borough, just before 2.15am, and found the female victim, 33, already dead.
She has been formally identified and her next of kin informed.
Detectives arrested the man, from nearby Ashton-in-Makerfield, who was taken to a police station on Merseyside to be quizzed by officers.
Currently, the tragedy is being treated as "unexplained."
House to house enquiries have been carried out and an investigation into the circumstances of the woman’s death are ongoing.
Detective Inspector Leanne Toole said: "A woman has sadly died overnight and we are appealing to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious or heard something in the early hours of this morning or last night to get in touch with police.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Merseyside Police social media desk via Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook Merseyside Police CC.
You can also call 101 quoting incident reference 20000135642 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their online form at: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information.
