Police given 36 more hours to question murder suspect

Investigations are continuing into the death of a dog walker in a Suffolk village

Police have been given a second time extension to question a man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a dog walker.

Anita Rose, 57, had been with her pet close to Rectory Lane in Brantham, Suffolk on Wednesday, 24 July before she was found unconscious with serious head injuries.

She died in hospital on Sunday and a man in his 20s was arrested on Wednesday, 31 July on suspicion of murder.

Detectives were previously given an extra 12 hours to question him but applied for a warrant granting them an additional 36 hours.

Anita Rose died in Addenbrooke's Hospital on Sunday after suffering serious head injuries

The warrant of further detention, which was applied for on Thursday afternoon at Ipswich Magistrates' Court, expires on Saturday morning.

It comes after one-week anniversary checks were conducted in the village on Wednesday.

Previously, a 45-year-old man was questioned on suspicion of murder while a 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

They were both released on bail with conditions to return to police in October.

Police have remained in the village on the River Stour estuary throughout the past week conducting investigations

Officers believe Ms Rose left her house at 05:00 BST to take her springer spaniel, Bruce, on their usual walk in the area.

A member of the public then found her at 06:25 on a track road close to a railway line with her dog still by her side.

She was unconscious and found to have serious head injuries before the police arrived shortly after 08:00 and a cordon was set up.

Ms Rose was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where she died four days later.

A Home Office port-mortem examination was carried out on Monday but was unable to establish a cause of death.

Police said further tests would be carried out.

Officers are still working to locate Ms Rose's pink zip up jacket

Investigators are working to find a missing pink zip-up jacket Ms Rose was wearing prior to the incident.

Det Supt Mike Brown said it "could hold key information or evidence".

The force has been handing out hundreds of leaflets about the investigation to appeal to anyone with information to come forward.

Officers were also on trains appealing to passengers who may have seen something as they passed through Brantham, which is on the London-Norwich main line.