A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder and arson after the body of a woman was found in a house in Northamptonshire.
Firefighters and police officers discovered the body of a woman in her 40s in a house in Newcomen Road, Wellingborough, in the early hours of Monday after reports of a fire at the property.
The woman has not been formally identified but she is thought to be 4 Marta Bednarczyk, 43, according to Northamptonshire police.
Her body was found at the property shortly after 3am, and she died at the scene just before 3.30am, police said. A forensic postmortem investigation gave the preliminary cause of death as a result of sharp force injury, they added.
The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Northampton magistrates court on Wednesday charged with murder and arson with attempt to endanger life.
Det Ch Insp Johnny Campbell said: “I want to take a moment to thank the many police officers and staff who are working and continue to work tirelessly on this investigation since the very tragic events of early yesterday morning.
“And, in particular, all our thoughts are with Marta’s family who have been fully co-operative throughout what has been a devastating couple of days for them.”
