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 suspected stabbing emerged.
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.
In a statement released by the force on December 25, it said: “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.”
Mr Price, who has been named locally, died on Christmas Day (Image: Getty )
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 about 4.30am on Christmas Day she heard a female voice crying loudly crying over and again “no, no, no”.
She told the paper: “I didn’t know what was going on but it sound serious, I looked outside and the emergency services were everywhere.’
“We found out later that then young man who lived there with his parents had been killed by someone. We heard he was stabbed to death with a knife.”
(File image) Staffordshire Police said officers were called to a property on Christmas Day (Image: Getty )
“His poor 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. I cannot imagine anything worse than being overseas on holiday and finding out your child has been murdered in the family home, and on Christmas Day.”
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.”