DETECTIVES are investigating the death of an elderly woman at a Notts farmhouse.
Police were alerted after an ambulance was called to Low Farm, Maplebeck, near Newark, at around 3.50pm yesterday to find a woman had died.
A man was also found injured at the scene and was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
The two people are yet to be formally identified but are believed to be a couple in their 70s who live at the house. Their family is being supported by specially-trained officers.
Notts Police said the woman's death is being treated as suspicious.
A postmortem is set to be carried out today.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Heydon, who is leading the investigation, said: "We have been conducting inquiries in and around the farmhouse and those inquiries will continue throughout today.
"Our thoughts are with the couple's family and the residents of this very small village.
"We hope to have some answers as to exactly what has happened in the coming days, but at this time I would appeal to anyone who has any information to contact us."
Call incident room on 0115 844 6913 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with information.
Police were alerted after an ambulance was called to Low Farm, Maplebeck, near Newark, at around 3.50pm yesterday to find a woman had died.
A man was also found injured at the scene and was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
The two people are yet to be formally identified but are believed to be a couple in their 70s who live at the house. Their family is being supported by specially-trained officers.
Notts Police said the woman's death is being treated as suspicious.
A postmortem is set to be carried out today.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Heydon, who is leading the investigation, said: "We have been conducting inquiries in and around the farmhouse and those inquiries will continue throughout today.
"Our thoughts are with the couple's family and the residents of this very small village.
"We hope to have some answers as to exactly what has happened in the coming days, but at this time I would appeal to anyone who has any information to contact us."
Call incident room on 0115 844 6913 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with information.