Anne Widdicombe Suspicious Death

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Suspicious death, suspected murder. Think there is a press conference soon.

Oh gosh.

It’s a breaking story on Mail Online, can’t seem to post link.

Where are you getting this from?

https://mol.im/a/15968383

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/10/police-investigating-ann-widdecombe-death/

The telegraph too

Couldn’t believe it when it popped up on my phone! What on earth?

It’s absolutely horrible. Looks like murder and they must catch whoever has done this. Chills the blood

Wow. I can't say I was sorry to hear she'd died but I'd assumed it was natural causes. I hope that's the case.

Maybe assisted suicide? Although I admit, that doesn't seem a very Ann Widdecombe thing to do.

Without want to sound bad, was anyone else surprised she was only 78?

She was found covered in blood so unlikely to be assisted suicide

That's awful if true.

I disagreed very strongly with her politics but I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

This. I disagreed with her on almost everything but this is absolutely appalling.

This ^

Omg. When I heard she had died I assumed a short illness as I swore it wasn’t long ago I saw her on the tv.

https://news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article/6b0d4452-6d7c-f111-9d98-6045bdd24049

Where did you read that ?

She was a devout catholic so highly unlikely

Omg noooo

I heard her live on the radio just a week or two since- I highly doubt she had dementia.

I mean, I hated her politics, but she was articulate and clear, and correcting the interviewer on points of recall.

Also she was staunchly Catholic so doubt she would take her own life.

I think is just being investigated because the didn’t die of natural causes, she was covered in blood, elderly and under carers so the most probable scenario is that she fell. They just can’t rule that as fact until it has been investigated.

Confirmed - it's a murder investigation.

I saw lots of LGBT activists celebrating her death this morning on Bluesky.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9l8l05vxet

I expect it will turn out to be either a burglary gone wrong or a targetted attack from a nutter who felt aggreived by one of her policies.

Poor woman, what a way to end your days. She must have been so frightened.

Oh that’s awful. The investigation and the celebration.