Ambulance crews called in police after the woman was found dead yesterday A 43-year-old man has been arrested and is being questioned by detectives Police are on the scene and are appealing to anyone with any information A murder probe has been launched after a 37-year-old woman was found dead in a house in Essex. Police are questioning a man, 43, after the woman's body was found in a property Colchester yesterday evening. Detectives are appealing for information and are currently on the scene at the quiet cul-de-sac in the south of the town. A police spokesman said: 'Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in Colchester. 'Police were called by the ambulance service shortly after 7.45pm on Tuesday, September 12 with reports the 37-year-old had been found deceased at an address in Avignon Close.