Nkiru Chima, a 60-year-old Nigerian woman was found dead at her apartment located in Romford, United Kingdom with multiple stab wounds.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the UK Metropolitan Police, in a statement on its website on Tuesday, disclosed that the security operatives received a distress report from the British Transport Police at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, prompting them to visit the apartment.
The Police said that upon getting to the apartment, Chima’s lifeless body was discovered with multiple stab wounds.
The statement read, “Police are continuing enquiries following the death of a 60-year-old woman in Romford.
“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.”
Joanna Yorke, a Police Detective Chief Inspector from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, confirmed the incident noting that Chima’s death was suspected to be linked to the death of a 20-year-old man who was killed on the same day.
Yorke stated, “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.”
