Police are keen to speak with three people who were seen in Thrales Close, Luton, around the time that a 20-year-old man was murdered in his own home last night (Sunday, May 26).
Officers were called to a property by colleagues from the Ambulance Service at around 8.15pm after they received reports that somebody had been stabbed.
Firearms units attended the property where the victim was found with serious injuries. He was rushed to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Detectives from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit (MCU) have been scanning hours of CCTV footage and have identified three people who were walking together around the Thrales Close and Purley Centre area, and may hold valuable information about the incident.
They are:
A black male riding a bicycle;
A black male with a dog on a lead; and
A young white female, possible a teenage girl, wearing shorts or a short skirt with coloured red hair in a ponytail.
Det Ch Insp Stephen Collin, of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire MCU, is keen to here from anyone who may have information relating to the incident but particularly the three people seen on CCTV.
He said: “The early stages of this investigation suggest that the victim may well have known his attacker as there was no indication of a disturbance prior to the fatal assault. We have identified three people from local CCTV cameras and I would urge them to come forward as they may hold extremely important information about this attack.
“Marsh Farm is a very community orientated area and I’m sure that local residents will be able to assist us with our inquiries. I would urge anyone who may have seen the incident itself or anyone with even the smallest piece of information to come forward and speak with the police in complete confidence, or alternatively, they can speak to members of the independent charity Crimestoppers, completely anonymously, on 0800 555 111.”
Anyone with information relating to this investigation is urged to contact officers from the MCU, in confidence on 01707 355666, or call Bedfordshire Police on 101, or text information on 07786 200011.