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| Bodies found in search for former EastEnders actress | |
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| Police searching for a missing former EastEnders actress and her two children have found three bodies at their south-east London home. | |
| Sian Blake, 43, and her two young sons, aged four and eight, have not been seen since 13 December. | Sian Blake, 43, and her two young sons, aged four and eight, have not been seen since 13 December. |
| The Met Police said the bodies were found in the garden and a murder investigation was under way. | |
| Ms Blake's partner Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, had alerted police but went missing himself three days later. | Ms Blake's partner Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, had alerted police but went missing himself three days later. |
| Mr Simpson-Kent is the father to the actress's two children Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, who were last seen in Waltham Forest, north-east London. | |
| Ms Blake, who has motor neurone disease, played Frankie Pierre in the soap between 1996 and 1997. | |
| Det Supt Paul Monk said: "As yet, we have not formally identified the bodies but this is a significant development and Sian's family have been informed." | Det Supt Paul Monk said: "As yet, we have not formally identified the bodies but this is a significant development and Sian's family have been informed." |
| Police had earlier revealed that Ms Blake's car had been found on Calvert Avenue, Bethnal Green, east London on 3 January, although it is not known how it came to be there. | |
| Next-door neighbour Sam Sanni-Alashe said: "I am in shock. I know the lady. I see the children playing at the back. I say hello all the time. We are not close but she was a very happy woman. | |
| "This is a disaster and it is awful for the community. | |
| "I would see them most of the time in the summer but I have not seen them for about six weeks," he said. | |
| Neighbour Hannah Cutting, 18, said: "I would see the kids playing at the window then we were worried when police were there 24/7." |