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Norfolk Broads deaths: Annette Creegan named | Norfolk Broads deaths: Annette Creegan named |
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A woman whose body was pulled from the Norfolk Broads at the weekend has been named. | A woman whose body was pulled from the Norfolk Broads at the weekend has been named. |
A Home Office post mortem test on Monday revealed Annette Creegan, 49, of Mitcham, south London, is likely to have died as a result of strangulation. | |
Ms Creegan's body and that of a man were found in the River Bure, close to where the holiday boat they had hired was discovered. | |
Police are treating the deaths as a "domestic incident". | |
No-one else is being sought in connection with the deaths. | No-one else is being sought in connection with the deaths. |
The man, who died as a result of drowning, will be named once further formal identification procedures have taken place. | The man, who died as a result of drowning, will be named once further formal identification procedures have taken place. |
Comforted by family | |
Their bodies were found on Sunday after the woman's 13-year-old daughter was found alone on a hire boat on Saturday. | |
The couple were found between Salhouse Broad and Wroxham Broad. | |
It is thought the man, who is a foreign national, had taken his own life and might have also used another method in addition to drowning, such as taking an overdose. | |
It is understood the girl, who was found unharmed, was cared for and fed throughout last week and it is not thought she was locked inside the boat. | |
She has been interviewed by officers and is now being comforted by family members. |