Officers were called to Pines Road at 01:30 BST on Sunday
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead and a man suffered life-threatening injuries at a bungalow in Chelmsford.
Essex Police said they were called at 01:30 BST to reports a man was being assaulted at the home in Pines Road.
Officers arrived to find a woman in her 50s dead and a man, also in his 50s, with serious injuries. He is in Broomfield Hospital.
A 31-year-old man from Chelmsford has been arrested and is in police custody.
