A WOMAN has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body buried in a back garden.

       Fiona Beal, 48, was arrested at a hotel in Cumbria shortly after midnight on Wednesday after cops launched a homicide investigation days earlier.

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       A body was found buried at an address Northampton Credit: PA 4

       Forensics on the scene in Moore Street Credit: PA

       Police were initially called to an address in Moore Street, Northampton, where they began a search of the entire property.

       Forensic officers and specialist search teams, including a cadaver dog, were deployed and a body was found buried in the rear garden yesterday afternoon.

       They believe it to be that of a 42-year-old missing man.

       The remains are expected be taken to Leicester where they will be forensically examined by a Home Office pathologist.

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       DCI Adam Pendlebury, from the major crime team of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: "Regrettably, I can confirm that a body has been found in the rear garden of the address.

       "We believe it to be that of a missing 42-year-old male, but formal identification has yet to take place.

       "Police officers have been conducting house-to-house inquiries in the area over the past couple of days.

       "This remains a complex and challenging investigation and we are appealing for anyone with any information to contact Northamptonshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 26 of March 16, 2022."

       Beal is due to appear at Northampton Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.

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       The remains are believed to be that of a missing 42-year-old man Credit: PA 4

       Officers have been conducting house-to-house inquiries in the area Credit: PA