Man arrested on suspicion of murder after two people die in Gloucestershire

Detectives have now launched a murder investigation

Author: Matthew HutchinsonPublished 2nd Mar 2022

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, following the death of two people in Gloucestershire.

At around 6:25am on Wednesday 2 March, police were called to Sherborne Place in Cheltenham, where they found the body of a man.

Officers subsequently launched an investigation, before finding the body of a woman at a property in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

The people involved are known to each other and police aren't looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

Anyone with information on either death, including those with dash cam footage, is now being urged to call police on 101, quoting incident 57 of 2 March.

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