Estonia police arrest man in Yorkshire murder case

Latvian national Nadija Ondzule was found dead at a house in Mirfield last week. Police said she had been strangled.

Yesterday a spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “A 22-year-old man has been detained in Estonia in connection with the death of 36-year-old Nadija Ondzule.

“The Crown Prosecution Service in West Yorkshire is now liaising with the authorities in Estonia as inquiries continue.”

Police launched a murder investigation on Tuesday last week after her body was found in a basement flat in Oddfellows Street, a cul-de-sac in Mirfield.

A post mortem examination was carried out on Wednesday which revealed the cause of death as strangulation.

Residents fear the woman’s body may have remained undiscovered in the flat for several days.

Police went to the terrace home after concerns were raised that a woman who lived at the flat had not been seen for some time.

One resident said the bedsit seemed to have a quick turnover of tenants and that a couple living there recently had not been seen for some days.

“It is awful if the woman has been lying there undiscovered for some days,” she said.