Body found in Kingston recreation ground

A body has been found in a wooded area of Latchmere recreation ground in Kingston. A body has been found in a wooded area of Latchmere recreation ground in Kingston.

A body has been found in a wooded area of Latchmere recreation ground in Kingston.

The recreation ground was taped off this morning as police patrolled the area.

Police are understood to be treating the discovery as a suspected suicide.

A workman who asked not to be named said: “We were just told it’s a 60-year-old woman hanged.

"We just saw the body covered, a van came and took the body.”

Another resident said he had talked to the police.

He was a dog walker who said: “The police said to me it’s a lady found dead. I am gobsmacked, I have been here for four years, it’s very sad.”

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