A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a woman in Upper Holloway.
Officers and London Ambulance Service were called at 19:35hrs on Thursday, 15 December, after a 47-year-old woman was found unresponsive at an address in Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene at 19:57 hours.
Next of kin have been informed but formal identification has not yet taken place.
A post-mortem examination commenced on Friday, 16 December, at the Whittington Hospital Mortuary. A cause of death was not ascertained and officers await the results of further tests.
Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating.
There has been no arrest, however a man who was taken to an east London hospital on Thursday, 15 December, is being treated as a suspect. The man – who is aged in his 60s and understood to be known to the deceased – remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. The cause of his injuries is not believed to be suspicious.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to call the incident room at Barking on 020 8345 3985.