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Suspect linked to Deptford double murder Suspect linked to Deptford double murder found dead
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The investigation into the double murder of a father and daughter in Deptford has had a "major" breakthrough, detectives have said. A "significant suspect" in the investigation into the double murder of a convicted sex offender and his daughter is dead, detectives have said.
Police say a "significant suspect" has been linked by forensic evidence to the murders of Noel Brown, 69, and Marie Brown, 41, who were found dead on 4 December. Nathaniel Henry, 37, was linked by forensic evidence to the murders of Noel Brown, 69, and Marie Brown, 41, who were found in a flat on New Butt Lane, Deptford, on 4 December.
Nathaniel Henry, 37, was reported missing on 12 December and was found dead on 31 December in Southwark. Mr Henry was reported missing on 12 December and was found dead in Southwark on New Year's Eve.
His death was deemed "non-suspicious".His death was deemed "non-suspicious".
Scotland Yard said search warrants were carried out at properties in the Southwark and Lewisham areas in the week beginning 30 April.Scotland Yard said search warrants were carried out at properties in the Southwark and Lewisham areas in the week beginning 30 April.
At the opening of the inquests in December, Met Det Insp Helen Rance told Southwark Coroner's Court it was believed Mr Brown was killed between 30 November and 4 December. A post-mortem examination, held last year, established father and daughter both died of "compression" to the neck.
She said Ms Brown was believed to have died between 2 December and 4 December. Ms Brown is thought to have been strangled to death after disturbing her father's killer when she went to check on him on 2 December.
A post-mortem examination established the pair both died of "compression" to the neck. Mr Brown - who was convicted of a sex offence and jailed in 1999 - had been strangled at some time between 30 November and 4 December, detectives have said previously.
He was dismembered and his body parts removed from the flat over the course of several visits.
Det Ch Insp Simon Harding previously said the suspect was thought to have visited the flat at least four times as he dismembered Mr Brown's body.
"In my 27 years of policing, I have not seen anything quite like this," he said.