{"id":62618,"date":"2025-08-12T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:24:10","slug":"three-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder-after-woman-found-dead-in-smethwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62618\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in Smethwick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have been arrested after Shara Miller, 41, was found dead in an industrial estate in Smethwick<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Shara-Miller.jpg\" alt=\"Shara Miller\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Shara Miller(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/smethwick\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smethwick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police have tonight identified Shara Miller as the woman whose body was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/smethwick-murder-investigation-live-woman-32242130\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">found off Woodbourne Road<\/a> shortly after 6.10am yesterday, August 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nothing could be done to save the 41-year-old and she was confirmed dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/smethwick-murder-investigation-live-woman-32242130\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smethwick murder investigation live as woman found dead at industrial estate<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three men, aged 29, 38 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder following Ms Miller&#8217;s death. They remain in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detectives said Ms Miller was understood to have been involved in sex work around Soho Road in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They believe she may have been driven to Woodburn Road from that location and that she died in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ms Miller&#8217;s loved ones are being supported by specialist officers.<\/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=\"nofollow noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> tonight urged potential witnesses, who might know about Ms Miller&#8217;s last movements before 1am, to contact the force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Chief Inspector Alastair Orencas said: \u201cWe have made some significant progress in our investigation and now have three men in custody.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_076A7810JPGjpgPolice-at-the-scene-in-Smethwick.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Police at the scene in Smethwick(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHowever, we still want to hear from anyone who saw Shara or spoke to her in the hours leading up to her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe understand she was involved in sex work around the Soho Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> area, and believe she may have been driven to Woodburn Road from that location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIf you have any footage or information, and haven\u2019t yet come forward, please contact us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers have increased patrols in the area where Ms Miller was found and around Soho Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with information was asked to contact the force by calling 101, quoting log 622 of 11\/8\/25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Information can also be passed on anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men have been arrested after Shara Miller, 41, was found dead in an industrial estate in SmethwickShara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[924,59,57,58,50,33369,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-62618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-smethwick","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}