Communities are in shock and disbelief as four murder investigations were launched across Merseyside in just one week.
Families across the region were torn apart as two men men and two women were found dead in their own homes in the space of one week. The first incident took place on Sunday, May 8 when police rushed to a house on Longmoor Lane in Fazakerly after reports of a man falling from the upstairs window of a property.
Paramedics also attended the scene and rushed the man, in his 40s, to hospital where he died. The second incident came to light on Wednesday, May 11 when police received calls at 8.30am reporting a woman was found dead inside a house in Huyton.