A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s body was found nine days after she went missing.
Greater Manchester Police said the body matched the description of a 55-year-old woman called Mariann who had been missing from Bolton since 14 December.
No formal identification has yet taken place but the force said Mariann’s family had been informed of the development and were being supported by family liaison officers.
There had been police searches for the woman involving several appeals to the local community, with police saying initial inquiries suggested suspicious circumstances.
