Louis Price (Image: FACEBOOK)
A man suspected to have been killed in his own home on Christmas Day has been named locally as Louis Price.
Tributes have been pouring on social media for the doting dad hours after reports of the incident at the home Mr Price was living at with his parents emerged.
One message posted on Facebook read: “I am in utter shock this has happened! You didn’t deserve this. Always there when I needed you! Thank you for always having my back and making me laugh!”
A second said: “All be grateful who is still around your tree this year. Another horrible message I woke up to this morning.” It added: “Rest in peace Louis Price. Proper shocked me this one.”
Staffordshire Police said officers received a report of a man in his 30s in cardiac arrest on Elm Road, Norton Canes, at around 3.25am on Christmas Day.
Mr Price, who has been named locally, died on Christmas Day (Image: Getty )
A statement released by the force on December 25 read: “We were called to a report of a man in his 30s in cardiac arrest on Elm Road, Norton Canes at around 3:25am this morning. Sadly, despite the best efforts of emergency services at the scene, he passed away a short while later.
“The man’s next of kin have been informed and are now being supported by specially-trained officers. A 33-year-old woman from Cannock has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody.”
The statement added that a police and forensic presence was expected to remain at the scene for “a number of days”, adding that a post mortem was scheduled to be carried out today (Boxing Day).
A neighbour of Mr Price that at about 4.30am on Christmas Day she heard a female voice crying loudly over and again, “no, no, no”.
She told the paper: “I didn’t know what was going on but it sound[ed] serious, I looked outside and the emergency services were everywhere.”
(File image) Staffordshire Police said officers were called to a property on Christmas Day (Image: Getty )
She added she believed Mr Price’s parents were “away on holiday when it happened, They usually go away to the Maldives for Christmas and that may have been where they were. They will be absolutely devastated and my heart goes out to them.”
Another local said: “There are very nice neighbours and what has happened is very sad, and at Christmas, a time for family to be coming together.
“The parents were abroad at the time and have been alerted to this nightmare and losing their son is such a dreadful way. It is shocking.”
Police is asking people with information linked to the incident to contact them via the police non-emergency number 101 or the Major Incident Public Portal. Anyone who wishes to provide information anonymously can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111.