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Man and two children found dead Father and daughters found dead
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The bodies of a man and two children have been found at a commercial garage in Southampton. A man is believed to have killed his two young daughters, aged one and three, before killing himself at a commercial garage in Southampton.
The discovery of the bodies was made after police were called to Paynes Road Car Sales in Paynes Road, just before 1900 BST on Sunday. Police found the bodies of the father, named as David Cass, 33, and the girls at Paynes Road Car Sales, Freemantle, on Sunday evening.
A Hampshire Police spokesman said officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the death of the man, in his 30s, or the children. The girls have been named locally as Ellie, three, and 12-month-old Isobel.
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out later. Hampshire police believe the man killed his daughters before hanging himself after the break-up of his relationship.
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. It is understood Mr Cass smothered his children before taking his own life.
The mother of the girls was named by neighbours as 20-year-old Kerry Hughes.
'Gone to sleep'
Val Frazier, the mother of Ms Hughes's best friend, said she phoned 999 to alert the police.
Ms Frazier said: "She had a phone call [from Mr Cass] and he apparently said to her, 'The children have gone to sleep forever and now I'm going to hang myself'.
It just won't go into my head that a man can take his own kids Val Frazier
"She phoned straight here screaming and I just ran straight around and sorted it out with the police.
"I kept telling her, 'Don't worry, he'll be bringing them back in a minute'.
"It just won't go into my head that a man can take his own kids."
A spokeswoman for Hampshire Constabulary said post-mortem tests would be carried out at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.
She added formal identification of the bodies would not take place until Tuesday at the earliest.
It is believed Mr Cass had been staying in a caravan on the premises on Paynes Road since the break-up of his relationship three weeks ago.
At the scene forensic science officers were examining both the caravan and the inside of the garage, which was cordoned off just before 1900 BST on Sunday.
Had 'a plan'
Mr Cass's manager at the garage, John Martin, told BBC News the MOT tester was devoted to his daughters.
He said: "That's all he talked about in here. He didn't want to live without his girls, I suppose, but I just took it as Dave being a little bit down.
Police were called to the garage on Sunday evening
"On Saturday he said to me, 'I'm going away, I've got a plan'.
"I said, 'Don't do anything stupid'.
"He said, 'No, I'll be alright, you know me - it's all good fun'."
Paul Timberlake, a friend of Mr Cass, said he was stunned by what had happened.
"He was such a nice bloke, he'd do anything for anyone and was very helpful and he absolutely loved his children."
He added: "Everyone is stunned and no-one can believe it."