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Murder probe into firework death | Murder probe into firework death |
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A murder inquiry is under way into a fatal house fire in Cornwall which is thought to have been started when a firework was put through the letterbox. | |
Mary Fox, 59, died in the fire in Bodmin on Thursday evening. | Mary Fox, 59, died in the fire in Bodmin on Thursday evening. |
Her son Raum, 17, jumped from the first floor of the property in Wallace Road after she helped him to a window. | Her son Raum, 17, jumped from the first floor of the property in Wallace Road after she helped him to a window. |
Officers are looking into suggestions the family may have been harassed by local youths but add that they do not know of any police reports of bullying. | Officers are looking into suggestions the family may have been harassed by local youths but add that they do not know of any police reports of bullying. |
Together with the fire service, they are also investigating suggestions that a firework may have started the blaze. | Together with the fire service, they are also investigating suggestions that a firework may have started the blaze. |
the key to solving the murder inquiry lies within the local community of Bodmin Devon and Cornwall Police | |
Det Ch Insp Paul Burgan said: "We cannot say how they got the firework got in there but it appears from the location inside the property that it was put in through the letterbox. | Det Ch Insp Paul Burgan said: "We cannot say how they got the firework got in there but it appears from the location inside the property that it was put in through the letterbox. |
"At the present time we cannot find any other seat of fire." | "At the present time we cannot find any other seat of fire." |
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward and say that the "key to solving the murder inquiry lies within the local community of Bodmin". | |
Although Devon and Cornwall Police have said that they "do not have any evidence in the police system to corroborate that the family or children were bullied", the force has said that this was something it was looking into. | |
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