Epsom College: Investigations continue after family found dead

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Emma, George and Lettie PattisonImage source, John Wildgoose

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The 3 bodies were recovered astatine a spot successful the school's grounds successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday morning

Investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the deaths of the caput of Epsom College and her family.

Emma Pattison, 45, her husband, George, 39, and their daughter, Lettie, seven, were found dormant successful a spot connected schoolhouse grounds connected Sunday morning.

Surrey Police said it was assured determination was "no third-party involvement".

The deaths person been reported to the coroner and a post-mortem volition instrumentality place.

Responding to media reports that the school's firearm scope had been cordoned off, Surrey Police confirmed it was not portion of the country of the incident.

Police signs are inactive up astir the assemblage and radical wearing hi-vis jackets person been seen walking astir the grounds.

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The schoolhouse grounds and buildings screen an extended area

Ms Pattison became Epsom's archetypal pistillate caput 5 months ago, aft six years arsenic caput teacher of Croydon High School successful southbound London.

Her hubby George was a chartered accountant who was manager of a absorption consultancy steadfast called Tanglewood 2016, according to Companies House.

In December, Ms Pattison told a podcast tally by students that her determination had been "a truly large alteration for my family", adding: "I've got a caller job, my hubby got a caller job, which wasn't meant to happen, but did, and my girl has started a caller school."

Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner, Lisa Townsend, offered her "deepest sympathies", describing the incidental arsenic "awful".

"These events volition nary uncertainty person a profound and lasting interaction connected some the unit and students astatine the assemblage and the wider section community," she said.

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