Linda Hood, 68, was found by firefighters who were tackling a blaze at a home in Gorleston in Norfolk on Friday morning. A post-mortem exam confirmed she had been strangled to death.
A murder investigation has been launched after firefighters discovered a woman s body in the burnt-out remains of a home.
Police have said the woman has been identified as 68-year-old Linda Hood and a post-mortem examination has confirmed she died from compression of the neck .
Officers were called to the home in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, on Friday morning while firefighters battled the blaze.
Ms Hood, who was just 4ft 10 inches and nicknamed Little Linda by neighbours, was discovered inside the property and was declared dead at the scene.
The Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team have launched a murder investigation and are appealing for information.
Police on the scene following a fatal stabbing in North Walsham.
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Mr Marshall and Mr Moore turned up at the defendant s address but were both chased away by Constantinou before the altercation between Constantinou and Mr Moore.
In his evidence to the jury Constantinou said it had been a tug-of-war-struggle during which Mr Moore was fatally stabbed.
Constantinou said he feared that if he let go of the baseball bat he would be in for an absolute beating and also feared what might happen to his mother.
The defendant, who said he picked up a knife which had dropped to the floor in one hand, said he tried to push Mr Moore away before the victim went quite limp .
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image captionThomas Moore was pronounced dead at the scene on Bacton Road
A man who stabbed to death the friend of someone he owed £10 to has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Matthew Constantinou knifed Thomas Moore, 42, in the neck in October after an altercation outside the defendant s home in North Walsham, Norfolk.
The defendant claimed he feared he or his mother would be seriously injured in a tug of war over a baseball bat.
Constantinou, 42, of Antingham Drive, was cleared of murder but found guilty of the less serious charge.
He will be sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on 20 May.