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2024-01-19
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A knife was found in woodland near the house where four people were found dead in Norfolk, locals claimed today.
Police forced their way into a house in Costessey, near Norwich, Norfolk, where they made the grim discovery around 7am this morning (Fri).
Norwich Constabulary said they were called to the property in Allan Bedford Crescent by a member of the public.
All four people are believed to be known to one another and detectives believe the incident is 'isolated', the force said.
Inquiries are under way to formally identify them, a spokesman added.
Locals told regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press that a knife was found in a woodland area near the house.
The paper reported that police have not yet said whether it is linked and are forensically investigating the knife to see if it is related.
Neighbours say a man from the house was reported missing just before Christmas and a drone circled the area at the time and also flew over the nearby woods.
The man was later found walking along the Fairway near Allan Bedford Crescent.
DCI Chris Burgess, said: "Our investigation is in the very early stages and this is clearly a very distressing and tragic incident.
"While we’re following a number of lines of enquiry, at this time we believe this is an isolated incident.
"I understand that news of this incident will be shocking to the local community and as soon as we can we will release more information."
A police cordon remained place this afternoon and pictures from the scene show a forensic tent outside the house.
Locals told of their shock at the incident on the housing estate, six miles north-west of Norwich town centre.
A 32-year-old man who lives on an adjoining road said: "When I was dog walking this morning I saw the cordon at about 8am.
"This is a very quiet neighbourhood and I’ve never seen anything like this before here.
"This is something like you see on the TV I suppose, so it seems all quite surreal."
Gary Blundell, a local Lib Dem councillor, said there is no danger to the public. He added: "It’s shocking – it just proves these sorts of things can happen anywhere. My heart goes out to anybody involved in this."
Queen's Hills is a new-build housing estate on the western edge of Costessey, built in 2006 and is now home to an estimated 5,000 people living in 2,000 homes.
Police forced their way into a house in Costessey, near Norwich, Norfolk, where they made the grim discovery around 7am this morning (Fri).
Norwich Constabulary said they were called to the property in Allan Bedford Crescent by a member of the public.
All four people are believed to be known to one another and detectives believe the incident is 'isolated', the force said.
Inquiries are under way to formally identify them, a spokesman added.
Locals told regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press that a knife was found in a woodland area near the house.
The paper reported that police have not yet said whether it is linked and are forensically investigating the knife to see if it is related.
Neighbours say a man from the house was reported missing just before Christmas and a drone circled the area at the time and also flew over the nearby woods.
The man was later found walking along the Fairway near Allan Bedford Crescent.
DCI Chris Burgess, said: "Our investigation is in the very early stages and this is clearly a very distressing and tragic incident.
"While we’re following a number of lines of enquiry, at this time we believe this is an isolated incident.
"I understand that news of this incident will be shocking to the local community and as soon as we can we will release more information."
A police cordon remained place this afternoon and pictures from the scene show a forensic tent outside the house.
Locals told of their shock at the incident on the housing estate, six miles north-west of Norwich town centre.
A 32-year-old man who lives on an adjoining road said: "When I was dog walking this morning I saw the cordon at about 8am.
"This is a very quiet neighbourhood and I’ve never seen anything like this before here.
"This is something like you see on the TV I suppose, so it seems all quite surreal."
Gary Blundell, a local Lib Dem councillor, said there is no danger to the public. He added: "It’s shocking – it just proves these sorts of things can happen anywhere. My heart goes out to anybody involved in this."
Queen's Hills is a new-build housing estate on the western edge of Costessey, built in 2006 and is now home to an estimated 5,000 people living in 2,000 homes.
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