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Police investigate Didcot murders after suspect found dead

Detectives investigating the murders of a six-year-old girl, her mother and her father will switch their attention to the circumstances of their deaths after finding the body of the prime suspect.

The bodies of Janet Jordon, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and their daughter Derin were discovered at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire on Saturday night.

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Didcot suspect Allen 'texted friends after murders'

Jed Allen was found dead yesterday Credit: Thames Valley Police

Jed Allen might have sent texts to several of his friends in the hours after three of his family members were killed in Didcot, according to reports.

The Sun is reporting that he sent seven of his friends a long, rambling message in which he wrote "I've done something bad".

A friend told the tabloid: "Jed texted seven of us. It was a long message but it told us that he had done something bad and asked us to call the police. It was a deeply personal message."

Police are now turning their attention to the circumstances of the killings after 21-year-old Allen was found dead in Oxford.

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