Ann Widdecombe, the 78-year-old former Conservative minister, was found dead in a pool of blood in the kitchen of her Dartmoor bungalow late on Thursday 9 July, after suffering what police have described as 'catastrophic' blunt-force head injuries. Devon and Cornwall Police have launched a murder investigation and say CCTV is believed to have captured the suspected killer entering or leaving the property.
The concerns were raised when Widdecombe failed to appear for a scheduled television engagement, prompting a welfare check at her home. According to reports, a gardener and a neighbour went to the isolated bungalow after becoming worried, and it was there they discovered the former MP lying on the floor, covered in blood. Officers were called and paramedics attended, but Widdecombe was pronounced dead at the scene.
