Woman and child murdered in village

 

A woman and her 23-year-month old son were murdered in their cottage in a sleepy rural village, it has been disclosed.

Their attacker, a 44-year-old man believed to be the woman's partner or ex-partner, then killed himself at the house in Holbrook, Derbyshire.

Police said they received a call from a concerned neighbour at about 11am on Wednesday. When officers arrived at the cottage on Well Yard they discovered the 38-year-old woman and the man dead.

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