How Beautiful Family Committed Murder-Suicide After Heated Arguments (Photos)
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Oct 08, 2020
A mother and her son are believed to have been dead 'for some time' before their bodies were discovered at the west London flat.
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Officers found 36-year-old Poorna Kaameshwari Sivaraj and her toddler son Kailash Kuha Raj at a home in Clayponds Lane, Brentford, shortly before 1am on Tuesday.
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Her husband 42-year-old Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan, who was Kailash's father, was found with stab wounds and pronounced dead at the scene.
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He is believed to have fatally injured himself when officers forced entry to the property, the Metropolitan Police said.
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The mother and son had not been seen or heard from for more than two weeks, police said.
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Another said: "Things got really bad between them, especially during the lockdown.
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"They are one of the few couples with a young child in our block and you could hear the screaming at each other, sometimes for very long periods.ÔÇØ
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One resident claimed officers had told her there was blood 'all over the flat' and that the family's dog had been killed.
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Police attended the address "several timesÔÇØ in the early hours of Monday but did not get a reply and after speaking with neighbours as the day went on they became increasingly concerned and decided to force entry, the Met said.
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A referral has been made to the police watchdog - the Independent Office for Police Conduct - due to the belief Mr Sithamparanathan fatally injured himself when officers made their way into the flat.
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Next of kin has been informed of the deaths and post-mortem examinations are scheduled to begin on Thursday.
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding, from the Met's specialist crime command, said: "Although we are in the infancy of this investigation, it appears that Poorna and Kailash had been dead for some time.
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"This is a murder investigation and my team will work diligently to establish the sequence of events that led to their murders and the death of Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan.
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"Our initial enquiries have established that Poorna and Kailash had not been seen or heard from for some time, perhaps since around September 21.ÔÇØ
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He said the family had often been seen walking their poodle cross-breed in the local area and asked anyone who had seen them in the past month to contact police "so we can begin to build a full picture of their livesÔÇØ.
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He added that "words cannot sufficiently sum up the devastation that this horrific incident will have on the families of those involvedÔÇØ.
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Police officers and forensics were at the scene on Tuesday.
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Neighbours Golden Mile House earlier told of their shock after the deaths of the family of three.
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Sheri Diba said the family were "very friendlyÔÇØ and she used to regularly see them taking their dog for walks.
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Officers had initially been called late on Sunday by a family member raising concerns about the welfare of Ms Sivaraj.
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Neighbours told Mail Online they had heard the couple arguing during lockdown.
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One of them told the news site: "I could hear her screaming at her husband, telling him to take his medicine. Then on another occasion, he threw them out of the window, and I looked down and could see them on the ground.ÔÇØ
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She told the PA news agency: "I've always seen them in the lift. They were very friendly. They said 'Hi, how are you?' I always saw them together going for walks.
"I feel really bad (hearing the news) because they were very friendly, nice people.ÔÇØ
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Ms Diba, a mother of one, said she had lived in the building for seven years and described it as a "nice areaÔÇØ, but said she had not seen the family for a number of months.
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