The dead body of a woman has been found on the street in the Flemish Brabant city of Leuven. The woman’s body was found on the corner of the Tervuursevest and the Kapucijnenvoer. The public prosecutor's office believes that the woman’s death was suspicious death and her partner has been arrested.
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Partner arrested after woman found dead on Leuven street
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The Leuven public prosecutor's office is investigating a suspicious death near a the bus stop on Tervuursevest in Leuven. The victim is a 41-year-old woman. Her partner, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested.
In a press release the public prosecutor’s office said that "At around 0:40am last night, the police received a report that that a woman had been found seriously injured on the corner of the Tervuursevest and the Kapucijnenvoer in Leuven".
"The woman may have fallen from her flat on the fifth floor. Witnesses attempted to resuscitate the 41-year-old woman, but the woman had died at the scene. Shortly afterwards a 45-year-old man arrived. He was in a state of panic and said that he was her partner. Given the suspicious circumstances in which the woman died, forensics officers, a police surgeon and the officers from the Federal Judicial Police Service attended the scene. The victim’s partner was arrested and will be questioned about what exactly happened”,the public prosecutor's office said.