A MURDER investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in Chorley.
Police were called at around 10.25pm on Tuesday, May 23rd after the body of a woman was found deceased in a bedroom at an address on Hollinshead Street.
She can now be named as Gemma Leeming, 30 years.
A post mortem examination carried out today has shown the cause of death was strangulation.
A 39 year old man from Chorley has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.
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