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Susan Whiting: Walsall murder arrests after body found | Susan Whiting: Walsall murder arrests after body found |
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Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found in the search for a missing woman with a learning disability. | |
Officers looking for 20-year-old Susan Whiting made the discovery on Tuesday at a house in Heather Close, Bloxwich, Walsall. | |
A 34-year-old man and 35-year-old woman are being questioned. | A 34-year-old man and 35-year-old woman are being questioned. |
The body is yet to be formally identified but police said the death was being treated as suspicious. | The body is yet to be formally identified but police said the death was being treated as suspicious. |
Staff at Walsall Adult and Community College where Ms Whiting is a student are "all waiting for news with sunken hearts", said principal Jev Bhalla. | |
Ms Whiting had earned a national certificate and a diploma in hospitality and catering, and also works at the on-campus bistro in Leamore. | |
Mr Bhall described the student as a "cheerful" young woman who had been growing in confidence. | |
Ms Whiting was last seen on Monday having spent Sunday night at a friend's house in Heather Close, West Midlands Police said. | |
She had left ahead of her mother collecting her at 0800 BST as arranged. | She had left ahead of her mother collecting her at 0800 BST as arranged. |
When she did not return to her home on Station Street by lunchtime her family called the police. | When she did not return to her home on Station Street by lunchtime her family called the police. |
The house in Heather Close remains cordoned off for forensic examination. | The house in Heather Close remains cordoned off for forensic examination. |
The death has been referred to the IPCC, which the force said was standard practice when a missing person was found dead. | The death has been referred to the IPCC, which the force said was standard practice when a missing person was found dead. |
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