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| Police question man after two stabbed to death in Stourbridge | Police question man after two stabbed to death in Stourbridge |
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| Police are continuing to question a man after a mother and her 13-year-old son were stabbed to death at their home. | |
| The woman’s husband was badly wounded in the attack and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being found in the garden with stab wounds to his chest and back. | The woman’s husband was badly wounded in the attack and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being found in the garden with stab wounds to his chest and back. |
| Shortly after the attacks, police arrested a man in his 20s whom, it is believed, the family had taken in as an act of kindness. | Shortly after the attacks, police arrested a man in his 20s whom, it is believed, the family had taken in as an act of kindness. |
| Neighbours of the three, who lived in a large red-brick house in Stourbridge, West Midlands, named them as Tracey Wilkinson, her husband, Peter, and their son, Pierce. | Neighbours of the three, who lived in a large red-brick house in Stourbridge, West Midlands, named them as Tracey Wilkinson, her husband, Peter, and their son, Pierce. |
| The son attended a local school, Redhill, and the couple’s older daughter is a first-year student at Bristol University. Mr Wilkinson is a managing director of a company that manufactures safety barriers. | The son attended a local school, Redhill, and the couple’s older daughter is a first-year student at Bristol University. Mr Wilkinson is a managing director of a company that manufactures safety barriers. |
| Postmortems on Wilkinson and Pierce are unlikely to take place until Saturday. Formal identification may also not happen until the weekend. The motive for the attack remains unclear. | |
| A man in his 20s was arrested in a street close to the family home on suspicion of murder and wounding after a Land Rover allegedly stolen from outside the family’s house was involved in a crash. | A man in his 20s was arrested in a street close to the family home on suspicion of murder and wounding after a Land Rover allegedly stolen from outside the family’s house was involved in a crash. |
| Police said he was not a relative but was staying at the house. They gave no further details. | Police said he was not a relative but was staying at the house. They gave no further details. |
| A neighbour said the family had been helping the young man. She added: “They helped him as a friend.” A source close to the investigation confirmed this was the case. | A neighbour said the family had been helping the young man. She added: “They helped him as a friend.” A source close to the investigation confirmed this was the case. |
| A member of staff at the New Inn pub said the family were caring people who took in a homeless person around Christmas time. | |
| Speaking outside the family home on Thursday, Supt Lee Kendrick, of West Midlands police, said: “What has unfolded here is horrific and heartbreaking. Police and ambulance were confronted with an awful scene: a man, woman and boy all with very serious stab injuries. The woman and boy were found in the house and the man in the garden. | Speaking outside the family home on Thursday, Supt Lee Kendrick, of West Midlands police, said: “What has unfolded here is horrific and heartbreaking. Police and ambulance were confronted with an awful scene: a man, woman and boy all with very serious stab injuries. The woman and boy were found in the house and the man in the garden. |
| “Tragically, there was nothing that could be done to save the woman – and her son later died in hospital from his injuries,” he said. | “Tragically, there was nothing that could be done to save the woman – and her son later died in hospital from his injuries,” he said. |
| Kendrick confirmed the suspect was known to the police, but said: “It’s too early to look at and release the details as to any previous dealings he has had with West Midlands police; however, he is known to the organisation.” He said he did not believe a burglary or a robbery had been committed. | Kendrick confirmed the suspect was known to the police, but said: “It’s too early to look at and release the details as to any previous dealings he has had with West Midlands police; however, he is known to the organisation.” He said he did not believe a burglary or a robbery had been committed. |
| Friends and neighbours left flowers outside the police cordon. A message on a bouquet read: “The most amazing family! So many memories that we will always treasure!” | |
| A school friend of the teenager dropped off flowers with a note reading: “RIP Pierce. You will never be forgotten. We had so many memories.” | |
| A spokesperson for Redhill school said: “Tragically, one of our year eight pupils and his mother have died and his father is in hospital following an attack in the family home. | A spokesperson for Redhill school said: “Tragically, one of our year eight pupils and his mother have died and his father is in hospital following an attack in the family home. |
| “Pupils and staff who need support will have access to psychological first aid provided by Dudley educational psychology service. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this.” | “Pupils and staff who need support will have access to psychological first aid provided by Dudley educational psychology service. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this.” |