{"id":21284,"date":"2026-04-24T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/21284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:24:14","slug":"murder-arrest-after-man-died-from-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/21284\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder arrest after man died from head injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a death in Rhosllanerchgrugog, near <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/wrexham\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Wrexham<\/a>. Police launched an investigation after Linas Buta died with a head injury at his home on Bryn Glas. Detectives continue to appeal for information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Today (Friday) a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/north-wales-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">North Wales Police<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;We can confirm a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a death in Wrexham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;An investigation was launched after Linas Buta, 49, died with a head injury at a property on Bryn Glas, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/rhos\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Rhos<\/a> on Friday, 27 March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A 40-year-old man from the Essex area was arrested on Thursday 23 April on suspicion of murder. He has since been bailed as the investigation continues.&#8221; <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/join-north-wales-live-whatsapp-27935216\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Join the North Wales Live Whatsapp community now<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police had believed Mr Buta had been involved in a physical altercation at around midday on Thursday, March 26, on the Bonc Wen Car Park in Rhos, before he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Rob Mahoney, continues to appeal to anyone with information that could assist with the investigation to get in touch on 101, or via the website, using reference number O045989.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=da31e0f9-0bf2-4091-bc59-f8c65b1f2341&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter<\/a> sent twice daily to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a death in Rhosllanerchgrugog, near Wrexham. 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