# Man charged with axe attack murder as victim pictured for first time

> Man charged with seaside town axe attack murder after victim pictured for first time.
- Title: Man charged with axe attack murder as victim pictured for…
- Summary: Man charged with seaside town axe attack murder after victim pictured for first time. Luke Rigby, 38, charged with murder of Rebecca Grass, 46, found dead…
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- Published: 2026-10-09T19:00:26+00:00
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## Man charged with murder
Luke Rigby, 38, of Dartmouth, has been charged with murder of Rebecca Grass, 46, found dead after alleged axe attack in Dartmouth, Devon.
## Victim pictured for first time
Rebecca Grass, 46, was found dead at a property in Dartmouth, Devon on Tuesday evening.
## Emergency response
Emergency services rushed to a property in Dartmouth, Devon at 9.20pm on Tuesday where Rebecca Grass was found dead.
## Additional charges
Rigby also faces three separate alleged offences of assault by beating, a racially aggravated public order offence and assault on an emergency worker.
## Suspected weapon
Police have not released details of a suspected weapon or a possible motive for the killing, but neighbours reported seeing someone 'with an axe' in the area around the time.
## Local reaction
A local business owner said: 'Everybody in the town is saying the victim was hit with an axe, it's just sickening if that is the case.'
## Family response
Her son, Reece Romeril, paid an emotional tribute to his mother, who was known to her friends and family as Bex, and set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the 'send-off the kindest…
## Son's tribute
He wrote: 'As many few have been informed on Wednesday morning I had CID turn up to my work to inform me with some bad news... my own mother.'
## Son's final words
Ending his tribute, he wrote: 'RIP MUM I love you so much and miss you already.'
## Witness account
One local said she witnessed two police cars and a white van racing through the town's narrow winding streets on Tuesday night.
## Witness account 2
She said: 'I was almost run over by them.I was walking along Above Town (correct, road name) heading away from the church around 9.
## Witness account 3
Another said: 'It was mayhem last night. Paramedics and police doing a fab job and thoughts and prayers with the victims.'
## Witness account 4
I'm shocked. I have never heard of anything like this in Dartmouth. My thoughts are with anyone caught up in this.'
## Rigby in custody
Rigby currently remains in police custody.
## Key takeaway

Luke Rigby, 38, charged with murder of Rebecca Grass, 46, found dead after alleged axe attack in Dartmouth, Devon.