Forensics investigators are scouring a canal towpath close to the scene where a woman was stabbed to death as a murder probe enters its third day.
The 51-year-old victim was found seriously injured on Edge Lane in Droylsden just after noon on Friday and died around 45 minutes later.
Later that day a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. Today (Sunday) police remain on the scene as the investigation continues.
On Sunday afternoon a witness said: "The cordon has got a lot smaller, but there are still three forensics van here and I've seen three forensics officers.
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