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Police are continuing to question two men on suspicion of murdering a severely disabled 22-year-old man.
Missing James Hughes’ mother Heather Wardle was found with a ligature around her neck at the base of a tree in undergrowth near her home on Monday.
The men were arrested after a body was found at a house in Redditch, Worcestershire, on Wednesday.
A police cordon has been put up around part of Loxley Close, Church Hill - near to Ms Wardle’s home.
A white tent has also been erected by police in the back garden of one of the houses.
A white tent has been erected outside one of the houses
The two arrested men are being questioned at police stations in Kidderminster and Redditch, West Mercia Police said.
Police said a post-mortem examination was being carried out to establish the cause of death.
Detectives had been trying to establish the last sighting of Mr Hughes, who had a mental age of 18 months and needed 24-hour care.
They believe his 39-year-old mother died within 24 hours of going missing on Friday evening, when she had said she was going to visit a friend but never arrived.
Ms Wardle’s partner, Brian Kirby, paid tribute to her as a “brilliant mother” who doted on her children.
He said he was “devastated” to learn of her death and described her as a chatty, bubbly person who was full of character and got on well with neighbours and his family.
He said she was a brilliant mother to Mr Hughes and her other children, Daniel, 17, Callum, eight and six-year-old Luke
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