Police are investigating the "unexpected and unexplained" death of a woman whose body was found "in a bin".
Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Granville Road, Child's Hill, at around 9am on Thursday (November 9).
An onlooker claims a body was found in communal bins, with a pink rucksack lying nearby.
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The death is currently being treated as "unexpected and unexplained", Scotland Yard said.
A passer-by who spotted the police investigation said: "The police were there checking life vitals and there was a backpack next to the bin with personal items in."
A picture from the scene, at the foot of a block called Harpenmead Point, shows a cordoned-off area with officers investigating.
A pink rucksack can be seen on top of one of the bins.
A Met spokesperson confirmed a member of the public reported finding the body of a woman and that paramedics also attended the scene.
They added: "The woman was confirmed to be deceased. A crime scene is in place.
"The death is being treated as unexpected and unexplained."
Enquiries continue.
