A man who jumped off a shopping centre roof is believed to have killed his partner in a suspected murder-suicide plot.
The man was found dead close to the Howard Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire at around 12.30pm on Friday.
Officers believe the man jumped from the roof of the seven-storey car park attached to the shopping centre and was found unresponsive.
Despite the emergency services attending the scene, he was pronounced dead.
Later the same day, police received a report that a woman had been found dead inside a home in the same town.
Officers attended the property in a residential area of the town at around 5.30pm and discovered the woman's body.
Detectives confirmed both of the people were known to one another and an investigation was launched by the Beds, Cambs and Herts Major Crime Unit to establish the circumstances of their deaths.
A Herts Police spokeswoman said: "The man’s death is now being treated as a suspected suicide and the woman’s death is being treated as a suspected murder.
"Police believe both the deaths to be linked and are not seeking anyone else in connection with them."
