Double murder hunt as bodies found

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Detectives launched a double murder inquiry after the bodies of the two victims were discovered in a first floor flat in Woolford Close, Winchester, Hants.

Police officers entered the property at about 11pm on Friday after the pair, who had not been seen for several days, were reported missing.

A 64-year-old man, from Winchester, has been arrested and is being questioned by detectives.

Neighbours described the victim as a "friendly" mother aged in her late teens or early 20s who was in a relationship with an older man. They said her son was about three.

Paulette Joseph, a mother-of-two who lives opposite the victims' home, said: "She was a friendly woman and her little boy used to say hello to my daughter.

"It's still a shock to me. Any murder is difficult but to kill a little boy is awful. Why would anyone kill that little boy?"

Another neighbour, Michael Mattock, 37, said the victim had been in a relationship with a much older man since she was 16 and he believed the child was a product of that relationship.

He said: "She was about 16 when they got together and they have been together for quite some time.

"They seemed to be quite happy. You would see them around and a girl that age with a man as old as him stuck out like a sore thumb around here."