Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman’s body was found at a house in Wolverhampton.

The victim, believed to be 38, was found unconscious at the property in Rookery Lane in the Penn area of the city just after 4pm on Friday.

She was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services attended and found that she could not be revived.

Police are conducting house to house inquiries and the buidling has been sealed off for a forensic examination.

The victim’s family is being supported by family liaison officers, West Midlands police said.

The force said: “Emergency services attended but it quickly became apparent there was nothing that could be done to revive the woman and she was pronounced dead at the scene.”