Police are treating the tragic deaths at Epsom College as a suspected "murder-suicide", it has been reported. The bodies of Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison, 45, her seven-year-old daughter Lettie and her husband, 39, were found in a house in the grounds of the school early on Sunday morning (February 5).
The BBC is reporting Surrey Police is investigating the deaths as "murder-suicide". It is believed George Pattison killed his wife and daughter before killing himself, according to the BBC.
Surrey Police said it was not looking for anybody else in connection with the "isolated" incident. On Tuesday (February 7), the force confirmed that officers had launched a homicide investigation.
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Police have also said Mr Pattison legally owned a gun which was discovered at the scene of the tragedy. He had been in contact with Surrey Police just days before the killings about his gun licence in order to change his address.
The Times, meanwhile, has reported that Mrs Pattison had contacted a close relative with concerns about her husband in the hours before the killings, and when they arrived at the house they found all three members of the family dead. Birmingham Live reports a neighbour told MailOnline: "It is just awful. I used to see Emma going for runs up the lane.
"She was also a good piano player. I didn't see George so much, he was quite quiet and kept himself to himself. But their daughter was so happy.
"You used to hear her playing in the garden, she was always asking them questions and just seemed like a happy, inquisitive little girl." Another parent of a school pupil said: "She knew every single member of the school – every child – she knew everything about them.
"She turned the school around, and she did so many things that enriched the children's lives. She was slight but very formidable, she knew all of the pupils by name. She was exactly what you would want from a headteacher."
Mrs Pattison's husband was a chartered accountant who was director of a management consultancy firm called Tanglewood 2016, according to Companies House.
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