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Bodies of woman and boy, seven, found in house in Ruislip | Bodies of woman and boy, seven, found in house in Ruislip |
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The bodies of a woman and a seven-year-old boy have been discovered after police forced their way into a house in west London. | |
Officers were called to a house in The Fairway, Ruislip, at 10.50am on Wednesday over welfare concerns. The bodies of the woman in her mid-30s and the young boy were discovered inside, the Metropolitan police said. | |
Formal identification is yet to take place but police believe the deceased are Sinead Higgins and Oisin O’Driscoll and that their deaths did not involve a third party. A Met spokeswoman said officers were trying to establish whether the woman and boy were mother and son. | |
DI Dave Bolton, of the Met’s homicide and major crime command, said: “The investigation is at a very early stage but inquiries so far lead us to believe there is a likelihood that the tragic events that led to the deaths do not involve a third party. We are appealing to anyone who has any information to come and speak with us.” | |
A postmortem examination is scheduled to take place at Fulham mortuary on Friday. | A postmortem examination is scheduled to take place at Fulham mortuary on Friday. |