{"id":87520,"date":"2025-05-09T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87520\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:01:11","slug":"womans-body-found-in-pool-as-police-probe-unexplained-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87520\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s body found in pool as police probe &#8216;unexplained&#8217; death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers were called to Prouds Lane in Bilston alongside firefighters and paramedics<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_prouds-ln.png\" alt=\"A general view of the pool off Prouds Lane in Bilston \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A general view of the pool off Prouds Lane in Bilston (Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A woman was found dead in a pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The discovery was made at around 9am today, Friday, May 9, after police officers were called to water off Prouds Lane in Bilston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Firefighters and paramedics also attended to the scene, but nothing could be done to save the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/weapons-50k-cash-haul-illegal-31601802?int_source=nba\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Weapons, \u00a350k cash haul and illegal tobacco found amid police crackdown in Birmingham city centreLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Weapons, \u00a350k cash haul and illegal tobacco found amid police crackdown in Birmingham city centre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/lozells-murder-probe-latest-police-31600981?int_source=nba\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lozells murder probe latest as police &#039;keen to speak&#039; to two suspects after man stabbed to deathLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lozells murder probe latest as police &#8216;keen to speak&#8217; to two suspects after man stabbed to death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> was treating her death as unexplained as officers investigate what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for the force said: &#8220;The body of a woman was found in a pool off Prouds Lane, Bilston, at around 9am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We attended along with the fire service and paramedics but the woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Her death is currently being treated as unexplained as we continue enquiries to establish what has happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers are appealing to the public for information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The spokesperson added: &#8220;Anyone with information can contact us via 101 or Live Chat quoting log 802 of May 9.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police officers were called to Prouds Lane in Bilston alongside firefighters and paramedicsA general view of the pool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[41855,855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830,4349],"class_list":{"0":"post-87520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-bilston","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police","16":"tag-wolverhampton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87520","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=87520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}