Woman dies after manure pool plunge

A woman's body has been unearthed in a manure basin in the countryside near Essunga in western Sweden, with police yet to establish the cause of death. "Neighbours have found her. We have since sealed off the location," police spokesperson Björ Blixt said.

A dead dog has also been found in the same basin where the woman was found, located on a farm near the small rural community of Essunga in Västergötland. "She appears to have been trying to save her dog, which had fallen in to the well, and then fallen in herself," a neighbour said.



Police were at first unable to rule out that a crime had been committed, but were able to confirm that her death was probably an accident. "There is nothing which indicates a crime," said police inspector Pelle Jenvén.

A probable scenario that police are working on is that the woman fell in while trying to save her dog and was unable to save herself. "It is practically impossible to get back out of the well once you have got in there," said Jenvén.