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| Didcot murders: Prime suspect Jed Allen 'sent text' to friends saying 'I've done something bad' | Didcot murders: Prime suspect Jed Allen 'sent text' to friends saying 'I've done something bad' |
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| Triple murder suspect Jed Allen, who was found dead yesterday, sent a text message to friends saying "I've done something bad" in the hours following the killings of his sister, mother, and his mother's partner, it has been claimed. | Triple murder suspect Jed Allen, who was found dead yesterday, sent a text message to friends saying "I've done something bad" in the hours following the killings of his sister, mother, and his mother's partner, it has been claimed. |
| Allen's friend Jake O'Dea, 21, told The Sun: "He sent out a massive text to seven people. One rang the police. Another tried to go round to his house. At that stage no one knew what had happened. | Allen's friend Jake O'Dea, 21, told The Sun: "He sent out a massive text to seven people. One rang the police. Another tried to go round to his house. At that stage no one knew what had happened. |
| "We only knew about the murders later." | "We only knew about the murders later." |
| Thames Valley Police announced a search for prime suspect Allen, a 21-year-old groundsman at Oxford University Parks, after the bodies of Janet Jordan, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and Derin, aged six, were discovered at their home on 24 May. | Thames Valley Police announced a search for prime suspect Allen, a 21-year-old groundsman at Oxford University Parks, after the bodies of Janet Jordan, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and Derin, aged six, were discovered at their home on 24 May. |
| Allen's social media profile presented him as an avid fan of the Marvel comic book character Wolverine. He posted photos of himself online posing with an axe, and appeared to possess a large knife collection. | |
| Detectives have since shifted their attention to the circumstances of the killings after Allen's body was found by members of the public in a wooded area of Oxford on 25 May. | |
| Detective superintendent Chris Ward said the body had not been formally identified but officers were satisfied it was Allen. | Detective superintendent Chris Ward said the body had not been formally identified but officers were satisfied it was Allen. |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |