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Didcot killings: Circumstances probed after Jed Allen death | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The circumstances of a triple murder have become the focus of a police investigation after the body of the prime suspect was found. | |
A manhunt was launched for Jed Allen, 21, after he was suspected of killing his half-sister Derrin Jordon, aged six, his mother Janet Jordon, 48, and her partner Philip Howard, 44. | |
They were found stabbed to death in Vicarage Road, Didcot on Saturday. | |
Allen's body was found in a wooded area of Oxford on Monday. | |
It is yet to be formally identified, but police are satisfied it is that of Allen. | |
Post-mortem examination results into the deaths of his half-sister, his mother and her partner are expected to be released on Wednesday. | |
Dates have yet to be set for the opening of the inquests, the coroner's office confirmed. | |
The search for Allen ended on Monday after a body was found off Marston Ferry Road in Oxford around 17:00 BST. | |
Police confirmed the 21-year-old was their prime suspect after officers discovered the bodies of Ms Jordon, Mr Howard and Derrin at 20:20 BST on Saturday. | |
More than 100 police, including specialist search officers, were deployed to search Oxford University Parks where Allen worked as a groundsman. | More than 100 police, including specialist search officers, were deployed to search Oxford University Parks where Allen worked as a groundsman. |
Detectives believed he had arrived in Oxford by train from Didcot at 17:45 on Saturday. | Detectives believed he had arrived in Oxford by train from Didcot at 17:45 on Saturday. |
Police have reopened Vicarage Road, but a cordon remains in place around the crime scene where officers are expected to remain until Thursday. | |