TRANSCRIPT FROM BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE
19TH JANUARY
DCI - I can give you some details, but you'll appreciate, not everthing's being made available at this time.
The male who was found at the address has been identified, a female, aged 36, and two young children who were both girls.
REPORTER - Do you know the ages of the young children?
DCI - At this stage I can't confirm that, sorry.
REPORTER - Local's have been reported to say they were primary school aged children, going to the local primary school - is that confirmed?
DCI - They're certainly young children.
REPORTER - What would you say about the status of your investigation at the moment? What are the lines of inquiry you're proceeding with?
DCI - It's really, really early on in the investigation, as I'm sure you will appreciate. At this time I've got considerable forensic inquiries going on at the address to assist us to establish exactly what did happen. We're speaking with neighbours, we're looking at local CCTV, just trying to establish, as best that we can, the biggest picture available. We also use information that's made available to us, so everything we can do to share as much information as possible is what we're trying to do.
REPORTER - Neighbours and residents have also spoken about a potential weapon being found in the local woodland area there, a knife - is that something that you can confirm?
DCI - Yes, I'm aware a weapon has found nearby. It's fair to say, at this stage, I don't believe it's connected, but you will appreciate I'm keeping a very open mind to that, and certainly not discounted it, but my view, at this time, would be that we don't believe that it's connected.
REPORTER - It's also fair to say that all of the occupants at that address knew each other, were family members..?
DCI - Yes, yes, we do believe that they're all family members at this time. 3 of the persons are believed to reside at the address and another one, not permanently.
REPORTER - What would you say to the local community this evening who are in real shock?
DCI - Be reassured we're doing a thorough investigation into this. I'm confident that this is an isolated incident, but as I say, it's very early on. I'm keeping an open mind, but be reassured, we're doing everything we can. When we know more information we will share it.
REPORTER - On that basis; is there any background you can give us about the people involved in this case, in terms of nationality or whether they were known to the police?
DCI - We have had previous contact at the address, but that was in relation to a missing person enquiry but nothing significant at this stage, but once again, it's very early on in the investigation and there's lots of information that I don't know yet but we're trying to find out.
REPORTER - What happens next? What will you and your team be doing? How many officers are working on this case? How seriously are you taking this, given how unusual it is?
DCI - We're treating it very serious. The joint major investigation team across Norfolk and Suffolf are at my service today. I'm obviously using teams from the Broadland Investigation Hub and anywhere else that we need. Local police officers are supporting with assisting of the scene. I have the ability to use what we need and we're well resourced to make sure that we get a right, proper and quick response to this.
