A murder investigation was launched Friday into the death of Ann Widdecombe, a former member of Parliament who was found dead in her home in southwest England, police said. A suspect was arrested Friday afternoon.
The 78-year-old former Conservative lawmaker and prisons minister had “sustained serious injuries” when she was found on Thursday in Haytor, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, according to a statement from Devon and Cornwall Police.
Police said earlier they were seeking a White male suspect, who U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as “clearly dangerous,” according to CBS News partner BBC News.
The BBC reported the man, 26,
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