When the police went to an apartment in Vestnes on Tuesday morning after an emergency call, they found a woman who was later pronounced dead. They also found a badly injured child, who was sent to St. Olav’s hospital in Trondheim. – The police are investigating whether a murder has occurred, says police inspector Anders Skorpen-Trøen. He says the two were found by an outsider. The woman is in her late 40s and lived with the child of primary school age. The child is seriously injured. The police have large forces in place in Vestnes municipality where a woman has been found dead. A child was also found seriously injured. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news Arrested possible perpetrator Just after 12 o’clock the police announced that they had arrested a possible perpetrator in Vestnes near the crime scene. The man is charged with grievous bodily harm resulting in death and grievous bodily harm to the child. He is in his 20s and has a familial relationship with the other two. He did not live in the apartment. Skorpen-Trøen says that it is too early to say anything about the motive. He will also not comment on whether weapons or objects used at the scene have been found. – The man is being cared for by the healthcare system and will be produced for remand, says Skorpen-Trøen. Anders Skorpen-Trøen and Ragnhild Aas from Møre and Romsdal police district met the press. Denies criminal responsibility The accused was briefly questioned late on Tuesday evening. Roy Peder Kulblik is his defender. – As far as I understand, he denies having committed the acts referred to in the charge, says Kulblik. The woman was taken out of the house on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news Search with dog and drone The police say that the arrest went smoothly. – We have arrested a possible perpetrator on the basis of traces and information that we have been brought to light so far, says Tor-André Gram Gram Franck in the police. Christian Vegsund is the site manager. He states that the police will search both with a dog and a drone around the address on Tuesday afternoon. – That is because we are still investigating the case broadly, he says. Task leader Christian Vegsund says that they have arrested a person in connection with the discovery of a dead person and a badly injured child in Vestnes. Investigating the case with large forces There have been large police forces in place in Vestnes. In addition to forensic technicians and large operative forces, additional investigators were also brought in from both Rauma and Ålesund to assist in the investigation. Gram Franck says that the main hypothesis of the police so far is that it is a case of murder. – It is a main hypothesis that we have, based on the traces we have at the site, but we do not rule out other hypotheses. Large police forces have moved to Vestnes municipality after one person was found dead, and one person was found seriously injured, at an address in the municipality. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news The police will not go into detail about what tracks were found at the scene for the time being. news has been in contact with one of the neighbours, who says that he has never experienced noise or unrest before and that today’s incident came on suddenly. The police are investigating both technically and tactically at the scene where one person was found dead and one person was found seriously injured. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news – Difficult case in a local community The mayor of Vestnes says that the mental health team in the municipality is available to those who need it. – The police must get an overview of what this is about. We must have confidence that the police will do a thorough job and find out what happened here. In any case, it is a difficult issue in a local community, says Randi Bergundhaugen, mayor of Vestnes municipality. Municipal manager Ronny Engan says that the municipality has sent out information both to employees and to parents at the school where the child is a student. The case affects the entire municipality with around 7,000 inhabitants. – The crisis team has also been to the school and tomorrow we will also show up and be with the affected step, says Engan. The police worked closely with Vestnes municipality both to look after the child and other relatives in the case. The police are asking members of the public who have tips in the case to report to the police. The police are in Vestnes municipality in Møre og Romsdal following the discovery of a dead person. The police characterize the death as suspicious. Published 22.10.2024, at 11.06 Updated 22.10.2024, at 20.56
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