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| Tests due on murder case bodies | Tests due on murder case bodies |
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| Post-mortem tests are to be carried out on the bodies of a mother, father and daughter found dead in Shropshire. | |
| Sue McFall, 56, and daughter Francesca, 18, were found at their home in Hampton Road, Oswestry, early on Friday. | |
| Later another body, thought to be that of Francesca's father, 48-year-old Hugh McFall, was found. A double murder and suicide inquiry is under way. | |
| On Sunday special prayers will be said for the family at St Oswald's church in the town. | On Sunday special prayers will be said for the family at St Oswald's church in the town. |
| 'Family tragedy' | 'Family tragedy' |
| Mrs McFall and her daughter were found dead at about 0500 GMT on Friday. | Mrs McFall and her daughter were found dead at about 0500 GMT on Friday. |
| The man's body was found at an industrial unit in St Martins, near Oswestry, shortly after 0930 GMT on the same day, police said. | The man's body was found at an industrial unit in St Martins, near Oswestry, shortly after 0930 GMT on the same day, police said. |
| The case is being treated as a "family tragedy" and no-one else is being sought over the deaths. | The case is being treated as a "family tragedy" and no-one else is being sought over the deaths. |
| David Lloyd, a former leader of Oswestry Borough Council who knew Mr McFall, said the important thing now was "to offer support". | David Lloyd, a former leader of Oswestry Borough Council who knew Mr McFall, said the important thing now was "to offer support". |
| The bodies of Sue McFall and her daughter were found at their home | |
| "The way in which the public reacts in support of those who are suffering is quite substantial," he said. | "The way in which the public reacts in support of those who are suffering is quite substantial," he said. |
| "There's a great sense of knowing and belonging in the town. | "There's a great sense of knowing and belonging in the town. |
| "One doesn't know the trigger point of all of this, but clearly there are pressures on people and people react in different ways and sadly there are now three people lying dead who not so long ago were probably living a very full life in this town." | "One doesn't know the trigger point of all of this, but clearly there are pressures on people and people react in different ways and sadly there are now three people lying dead who not so long ago were probably living a very full life in this town." |
| Francesca, who was known by her friends and family as Frankie, was studying A-levels in the 6th form at Oswestry School, an independent school close to the family home. | |
| In her last entry on the social networking site Facebook late on Thursday, the teenager said she was looking forward to going to a party. | |
| Since Francesca's death, more than 800 people have joined a page on Facebook, set up in her memory. | |
| 'Wicked, wicked waste' | |
| Mr McFall ran a wholesale florist business and it was thought he raised the alarm about the bodies in the house, a police source has said. | Mr McFall ran a wholesale florist business and it was thought he raised the alarm about the bodies in the house, a police source has said. |
| Town councillor Betty Gull said: "It should just never have happened, it's just so dreadful. | |
| "It's such a wicked, wicked waste of good life, particularly with the daughter who had such a future before her." | |
| She said Oswestry was a close-knit community so people would support each other. | |
| "Everybody wishes very much it hadn't happened but it did. | |
| "Our job now is to support the family, that's really all one can say. At the moment it's just very very raw." |