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A HOTEL receptionist was stabbed to death while working a night shift at a Travelodge, horrified witnesses said.
The woman, in her 20s, was discovered in a pool of blood at the budget hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, early this morning.
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Police have launched a murder investigation and a 32-year-old man is detained after visiting a police station to report the death.
The woman is believed to have been working a night shift when she was attacked.
Paul Ford left his hotel room shortly after 7:30 a.m. M. To smoke a cigarette and found blood on the wall and a Travelodge worker desperately calling 999.
She told The Sun that there was so much blood that it looked like the receptionist had been stabbed more than once.
‘WALLS SPLASHED WITH BLOOD’
Paul said: “I went to smoke a cigarette shortly after 7:30 am and there was blood splattered all over the walls.
“She was lying in a corner near the reception and the bar area.
“Her shoes had been taken off and they were close and there was one of her colleagues leaning over her on the phone, she was in total shock.”
“He had some material to try to stop the bleeding that was pressing on his stomach and he was screaming his name.
“I asked him if she was dead and he nodded, he was asking me to stay away, it looked like she had been stabbed in the stomach.”
There was so much blood on the walls and all over the floor.
Paul Ford
“There was so much blood, on the walls and all over the floor.
“One of my friends had gone to have a cigarette around one in the morning and had talked to her then.
“She was alone, covering the reception.”
A source close to the case told The Sun: “A staff member working at the front desk was stabbed during the night.
“His body was only discovered when another employee arrived the next morning, the hotel is a mess and there is blood on the floor and on the walls.”
Yesterday morning, police officers led hotel guests out the back door while forensics searched the main entrance for clues.
Dorset Police said the woman’s family has been informed and is being supported by specially trained officers.
A spokesman said: “A 32-year-old man from Bournemouth attended the Bournemouth Police Station and has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
“He’s helping detectives with their investigations.”
Detective Chief Inspector Jez Noyce of the Dorset Police Major Crimes Investigation Team said: “Our thoughts are with the woman’s family at this extremely difficult time.
“We are conducting a full investigation into this matter and officials have been speaking with guests staying at the hotel.”
“I urge anyone who has witnessed or heard anything suspicious in the Travelodge area on Christchurch Road this morning.
“I would also like to thank the hotel guests for their patience and understanding as we carry out investigations on site.”
A Travelodge spokesperson said: “We are deeply saddened to learn that a woman has died at the Bournemouth Travelodge.
“Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and our priority at this time is to support the police in their investigation.
“As this is a live police investigation, we cannot comment further at this time.”
Neighbors claimed that the hotel’s underground car park is known locally as a meeting point for drug users.
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One said: “The hotel is quite dangerous and is known as a favorite place for drug users.”
“They are in the underground parking lot and they do all kinds of things.
“I have reported it to the police several times but they do nothing.”
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