MON PM: Police name dead woman in Chapel Hill investigation

May 18 2009 By Sam Casey

Margaret Hartley

AN ELDERLY woman from Wakefield whose death led to an arrest in Huddersfield had suffered multiple stab wounds.

A post mortem carried out on 77-year-old Margaret Hartley on Monday revealed that she had been stabbed to death.

Mrs Hartley, a widow, was found in her house in Horbury on Friday.

A 41-year-old woman was arrested on Chapel Hill near Huddersfield town centre shortly afterwards.

She had non-life threatening stab wounds and has been detained at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary under the Mental Health Act.

Police enquiries are continuing.