Elderly couple found slain in scrapyard in Staffordshire, England
{{date|October 27, 2007}}
[[Image:Staffordshire outline map with UK.png|right|thumb|200px|The location of the town of Uttoxeter in [[w:Staffordshire|Staffordshire, England]].]]
Bodies of an elderly couple have been found in Barlows scrapyard in [[w:Uttoxeter, Staffordshire|Uttoxeter, Staffordshire]], [[United Kingdom]]. ''BBC'' reports the bodies were found on Friday night.

A 29-year-old man was the only person at the scrapyard when police and ambulance crews arrived and has now been arrested as a suspect.

The scene has been cordoned off by police.

"The bodies remain [[w:in situ|in situ]] and the scene has been cordoned off and a forensic examination has begun," a police spokesman said at 17:30 [[w:BST|BST]], "It is expected that post-mortem examinations will be carried out (Saturday)."

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7064982.stm
|title=Elderly couple found dead in yard
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|pub=BBC News Online
|date=October 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-7027573,00.html
|title=Bodies found at scrapyard
|author=Press Association
|pub=The Guardian
|date=October 26, 2007}}

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[[Category:Europe]]
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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Staffordshire]]
Staffordshire, England.
Bodies of an elderly couple have been found in Barlows scrapyard in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. BBC reports the bodies were found on Friday night.

A 29-year-old man was the only person at the scrapyard when police and ambulance crews arrived and has now been arrested as a suspect.

The scene has been cordoned off by police.

"The bodies remain in situ and the scene has been cordoned off and a forensic examination has begun," a police spokesman said at 17:30 BST, "It is expected that post-mortem examinations will be carried out (Saturday)."
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