Guests staying at the Adelphi Hotel were woken up to the sounds of police "banging" on their doors after the body of a 22-year-old woman was found in a room at the hotel.
As the ambulance and police cars stood guard outside the doors, guests were allowed to come and go freely. Many stood outside talking amongst themselves as they tried to piece together the events of the night before. Others were shocked by their rude awaking and being confronted by a host of ambulances and scientific support vehicles.
One man from Birmingham who had been visiting Liverpool for a "big night out" said that after coming back to the hotel in the early hours of this morning he was awoken at 7am by a police officer outside his hotel room door.
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Speaking to the ECHO he said: "It was about 7am and they asked if I had heard a disturbance in the night. They told me something had happened on my floor at around 3am this morning and someone has just told me that there was a cordon in the corridor.
"It's just a bit mad. I was not expecting to wake up to this and I have a hangover."
At 10.30am three police officers escorted a man from the building in handcuffs and one guest also said that he saw another man being helped into the back of an ambulance with a "bruised face and a limp" at around 9am. As police continued to investigate the incident, guests kept filtering out of the building trying their best to get on with their day.
Jennifer from York said: "I came yesterday evening and I woke up this morning and there have been police and ambulances here for God knows how long. Police have been banging on everybody's doors asking what we have seen.
"We have woken up and up to now we don't know what is going on it could be anything. The person who did this could have come into my room and that is what worries me and it is terrifying to think it happened while I was asleep."
Merseyside Police arrived at the scene at 6.37am following concerns for a woman's safety and discovered the body of the 22-year-old woman. A 26-year-old man, from Seacombe; a 46-year-old man from Liverpool, and a 49-year-old man from Widnes have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident, but detectives are "keeping an open mind".
Detective Chief Inspector Lynsay Armbruster, said: “We are in the very early stages of the investigation, and are trying to determine the circumstances around the young woman's death. I would appeal to anyone who was in the hotel in the early hours of this morning who may have seen or heard anything, at all to come forward.
“CCTV inquiries are ongoing and I would appeal to anyone with any information to please get in touch.”
If you have any information that could help police with this investigation contact Merseyside Police social media desk via Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook Merseyside Police CC. You can also call 101 quoting incident reference 0229 of 10 September, or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their online form at: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information.
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