A MURDER investigation has been launched following the death of a 76-year-old woman in Thamesmead.

Police were called around 6.25pm yesterday to a house in New Acres Road where a woman had collapsed.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination is yet to be carried out and officers are tracing the woman’s next of kin.

She has not yet been formally identified.

Anyone with information should call 020 8721 4805 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.