“We know this incident will cause great shock" - murder investigation launched after woman dies from stab wound to the neck in Cheriton
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman died from a stab wound near Winchester.
Gilly Livie, 68, was found at an address off the B3046 in Cheriton after officers had been called to a concern for the welfare of a woman on Friday, January 9 at 10.31am. She had suffered serious injuries and despite the best efforts of attending officers and the ambulance service, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem has since confirmed that she died from a stab wound to the neck. Her next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
A 39-year-old man, who was known to the woman, was also at the address and had suffered injuries to his neck and leg that were described as life-threatening at the time. He was rushed to hospital and he is now in a stable condition.
Detectives are now working to establish the exact circumstances with a murder investigation ongoing.
District commander, Chief Insp Korine Bishop said: “We know this incident will cause great shock in the community. I want to reassure people we have a large number of officers working hard on this investigation.
“While those enquiries are ongoing, we do not believe there is any further or ongoing risk to the community. At this time we are not looking for any other third party in connection to this investigation, but will continue to investigate with an open mind.
“Our officers have been carrying out enquiries at the address since this was reported to us, and are likely to remain in the area in the coming days.
“If you live locally and have any concerns or questions, please speak to those uniformed officers.”
Police are appealing for anyone who lives in Cheriton to check any CCTV footage to review the footage. A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson said: “We would ask that anyone who lives in Cheriton and has CCTV to please check their footage between the hours of 11pm on 8th January, and 11am on 9th January.
“Any footage or information can be sent to us via our dedicated online portal: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/44HC26N01-PO1
“Anyone with information is asked to contact us by calling 101, quoting the reference number 44260012077. Alternatively, people can report information via our website.”