Body identified as missing businessman's wife

One of two bodies found at the burnt-out Shropshire home in England of missing businessman Christopher Foster has been identified as his wife Jill, West Mercia Police said today.

Mrs Foster died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and a murder investigation has been launched.

The second body is said to be that of an adult man but has not been formally identified, police said.

Superintendent Gary Higgins, of West Mercia Constabulary, said: “We are certain that one of the bodies is that of Jill Foster and the other is believed to be that of a man.”