{"id":340119,"date":"2025-08-13T03:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340119\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:24:23","slug":"womans-body-dumped-on-side-of-the-road-after-getting-into-car-in-birmingham-news-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340119\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s body dumped on side of the road after &#8216;getting into car&#8217; in Birmingham | News UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEC_261946718-fa74.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23896851\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe body of Shara Miller was found dumped on side of road (Picture: SWNS\/UKNIP)<\/p>\n<p>Three men have been arrested after a woman was found dead, dumped on the side of the road in <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shara Miller, 41, is believed to have got into a car on a busy high street in Soho Road at 1am<\/p>\n<p>But she was found suffering fatal injuries off Woodbourn Road in Smethwick just after 6.10am.<\/p>\n<p>First responders said nothing could be done to save her and Shara was confirmed dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Her loved ones are being supported by specially trained officers, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSign up for all of the latest stories\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/news-updates\/?signup-source=news-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Updates<\/a><\/strong> newsletter or get <strong><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/breaking-news?ito=news-article&amp;?signup_source=news-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breaking News<\/a> <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<p>Three men, aged 29, 38 and 31, have now been arrested on suspicion of her murder.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_261838008-62fc.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23896845\" alt=\"A police tent on the street covering the pavement and part of the road. A woman was found dead at the scene at an industrial estate in Smethwick early on Monday morning. The cordon was put into place after officers discovered the body of a woman on the road just after 6.10am on Monday morning. Photo released 11\/08\/2025\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMurder detectives(Pictures: Express and Star \/ SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>They remain in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Murder detectives believe Shara was killed in the early hours of the morning at the location where her body was discovered.<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Police are asking the public for any information on her movements before 1am.<\/p>\n<p>DCI Alastair Orencas said: \u2018We have made some significant progress in our investigation and now have three men in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018However, we still want to hear from anyone who saw Shara or spoke to her in the hours leading up to her death.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We understand she was involved in sex work around the Soho Road, Birmingham area and believe she may have been driven to Woodburn Road from that location.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you have any footage or information, and haven\u2019t yet come forward, please contact us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Officers are increasing patrols in the area where Shara was found and around Soho Road to reassure locals.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"comment-now metro-button metro-comments-cta\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/man-charged-priest-attacked-a-bottle-second-man-killed-23896643\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man charged after priest attacked with a bottle and second man killed<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/global-hunt-for-paedophile-who-fled-bury-trial-after-sexually-assaulting-young-girl-23895768\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global hunt for paedophile who fled trial after sexually assaulting girl under 13<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/british-tourist-collapsed-on-a-beach-after-being-spiked-and-robbed-in-rio-23893217\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British tourist collapsed on a beach after being \u2018spiked and robbed\u2019 in Rio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBreaking News<\/p>\n<p>Never miss the biggest stories with breaking news alerts in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of Shara Miller was found dumped on side of road (Picture: SWNS\/UKNIP) Three men have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,534,393,4884,1619,12,53923,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime-news","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-murder","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-true-crime","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115019321543101943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}