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Investigation launched after body found in reservoir in Sutton-in-Ashfield

By Tegan Maass and Henry Green

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Police have launched an investigation after a woman’s body was discovered in a reservoir in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Notts Police were called to King’s Mill Reservoir at 11am on Wednesday, May 7, after a member of the public spotted the woman in the water.

A police cordon was set up after officers opened an investigation into the death of the woman, which is currently being treated as ‘unexplained’.

Detective Inspector James Oakton, of Nottinghamshire Police said: “We are working to understand how this woman came to be in the water and we are currently treating her death as unexplained.”

Notts Police are appealing for people with any information to come forward.

Anyone with extra information is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 529 of 5 May.