Police are investigating the death of a woman at a house in Kirkby.
Officers were contacted following reports a woman in her 30s had been found unconscious in a house on Roughwood Drive at around 5.20pm on Sunday.
Emergency services are currently in attendance. but the woman has sadly been pronounced dead at the scene. Her next of kin have been notified.
At the present time the death is being treated as unexplained.
Chief Inspector Colin Dyer said: “We are carrying out a number of lines on enquiry as we seek to establish what has taken place.
“Witness enquiries are being carried out in the local area and we are examining local CCTV and Ring doorbell footage to build a picture of what has happened.
“We would ask anyone who was in the area of Roughwood Drive this afternoon who saw or heard anything to contact us as a matter of urgency.”
Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC or call 101 quoting log 620 of 21st January.