Man died in police chase crash minutes after he is believed to have murdered his partner

A man is suspected to have murdered his partner before being killed in a subsequent police chase.

Becci Rees-Hughes, a loving mother of two boys, was found dead at a property in Samman Road, Beverley, East Yorkshire, in the early hours of Tuesday. Less than an hour later, at 6:30am, her partner, Ben Crosby, died in a car crash near Hornsea following a short pursuit by police. Detectives believe he is the killer.

Humberside Police are investigating the tragedy and have confirmed they are treating Becci's death as murder. An independent investigation by police watchdog IOPC has also been launched into the crash that killed Crosby and seriously injured an innocent van driver.

READ MORE:

Close neighbours of the couple told Hull Live they were a "quiet family" and had never caused a disturbance. Crosby worked as a massage therapist and had run his own clinic in York's James Street called Alleviate Massage. Becci studied physics at the University of Hull, where she was well-liked and regarded as caring and bright.

Under a Hull Live post on Facebook, her professor Brad Gibson said she achieved some of the highest marks that year and was "passionate about equality and diversity", dedicating her own time to work on ways of widening participation in physics to people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

"The passion was only matched by the passion that shone through when she was talking about her kids," said Prof Gibson. "It is those kids who have filled my thoughts."

Paying tribute to Becci publicly on Facebook, a former colleague described her as "a lovely girl" and fondly remembered her sense of humour and the joy she brought to their shifts together at the retail chain Boyes. In the post, Melissa wrote: "So shocking and