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| Family's bodies spark murder case | Family's bodies spark murder case |
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| A double murder and suicide case has been started after the bodies of a mother and daughter were discovered in a house in Shropshire. | A double murder and suicide case has been started after the bodies of a mother and daughter were discovered in a house in Shropshire. |
| Sue McFall and her daughter Francesca, 18, were found at their home in Hampton Road, Oswestry, at about 0500 GMT. | |
| Police said a man's body was found at an industrial unit in St Martins, near Oswestry, shortly after 0930 GMT. | Police said a man's body was found at an industrial unit in St Martins, near Oswestry, shortly after 0930 GMT. |
| The man is believed to be Francesca's father Hugh McFall, 48. No-one else is being sought over the deaths. | The man is believed to be Francesca's father Hugh McFall, 48. No-one else is being sought over the deaths. |
| Police have not yet released details of the circumstances surrounding the deaths. | |
| Raised alert | Raised alert |
| Francesca, known as Frankie to her friends and family, was studying A-levels in her final year at Oswestry School's Sixth Form. | |
| In her last entry on Facebook at 2230 GMT on Thursday, the teenager said she was looking forward to going to a party. | In her last entry on Facebook at 2230 GMT on Thursday, the teenager said she was looking forward to going to a party. |
| Mr McFall ran a wholesale florist business and it is thought he raised the alarm about the bodies in the house, a police source said. | |
| Mrs McFall had two other children from a previous marriage; Nikki Gilham, a teacher at the Marches School in Oswestry, and Dan Gilham, who is married with two children of his own. | Mrs McFall had two other children from a previous marriage; Nikki Gilham, a teacher at the Marches School in Oswestry, and Dan Gilham, who is married with two children of his own. |
| The McFalls were described as a friendly, ordinary family by neighbours | |
| Neighbours in Hampton Road said the McFalls were a friendly but otherwise "ordinary family". | |
| Craig Jones, a mechanic who works in the industrial unit next to where Mr McFall was found, said the flower seller had "kept himself to himself" in the month or so that he had been renting the unit. | |
| Mr Jones said police broke down the door of the warehouse and added: "I heard they found Hugh's body inside, and his truck is parked down the road. | |
| "It's a shock because nothing ever happens in Oswestry." | |
| A Home Office pathologist will conduct post-mortem examinations, and the coroner for Mid and North Shropshire John Ellery has been informed, police said. | A Home Office pathologist will conduct post-mortem examinations, and the coroner for Mid and North Shropshire John Ellery has been informed, police said. |
| Police officers have been standing guard outside the McFalls' home since early on Friday. |