Couple 設立する dead in 二塁打-狙撃 at farmhouse

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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A middle-老年の couple have been 設立する dead in a large farmhouse in a pretty 田舎の village.

The man and woman, 指名するd 地元で as ツバメ and Janet Jones, were discovered after police were called to the 所有物／資産／財産 at around 7.40pm last night.

A firearm was also 設立する at the home, which sits in acres of land in Brabourne 物陰／風下s, 近づく Ashford, Kent.

Deaths: Crime Scene Investigators investigate Brockham Farm in Brabourne Lees, Kent, where the bodies of a man and woman were discovered last night

Deaths: 法廷の teams 調査／捜査する Brockham Farm in Brabourne 物陰／風下s, Kent, where the 団体／死体s of a man and woman were discovered last night

Kent Police - who have not yet 確認するd the 身元s - believe the deaths may have been 原因（となる）d by a 国内の 出来事/事件. They are not looking for anyone else in 関係 with the 狙撃s.

A police source said officers were 調査／捜査するing one theory that the man may have 発射 the woman before turning the gun on himself.

It is understood the couple had only lived at the 所有物／資産／財産 for a short while and 村人s believe they were renting it from the owners.

Leah MacDonald, 24, a barmaid at the nearby Plough Inn, said: 'A man who was in his 30s （機の）カム into the pub around 10pm last night. He looked very shaken up and went straight to the cigarette machine and got some cigarettes.

'Then he （機の）カム to the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and we asked him if he was alright as he looked very nervous.

'He said that his girlfriend's parents were both dead.

'He said that her dad had 発射 his wife and then killed himself.

'He said he needed to get his girlfriend a drink and asked for a 二塁打 Tia Maria and Coke in a plastic cup and he just took it outside.

'He said he had never met the parents, and 非，不，無 of us had ever met him or the dead couple.'?

She 追加するd: 'The village is shocked. Nothing like this has ever happened before. We just can't believe it.'

It is understood the couple had only lived a t the property for a short while. A police source said officers were investigating one theory that the man may have shot the woman before turning the gun on himself

It is understood the couple had only lived at the 所有物／資産／財産 for a short while. A police source said officers were 調査／捜査するing one theory that the man may have 発射 the woman before turning the gun on himself

Another 村人 said: '明らかに they have only lived there for a short while. We think they are renting it.

'We don't know anything about the couple but it is a real 悲劇 - 特に at this time of the year with Christmas coming up.

'God knows what they must have gone through. It doesn't 耐える thinking about.'

長，指導者 視察官 John Frayne of Kent Police said they were 警報d after 親族s of the 犠牲者s discovered their 団体／死体s on Wednesday night when they called at their home.

It is understood from people in the village these were the couple's daughter and her boyfriend but Mr Frayne would only 確認する they were a man and a woman who were 関係のある to the dead couple.

He said: '親族s went 一連の会議、交渉／完成する (to the house) and ended up breaking in when they got no 返答.

'They then discovered the 団体／死体s and 知らせるd the police. Both were やめる 乱すd and agitated when they spoke to the police.'

Mr Frayne 確認するd two shotguns were 設立する by police in the house which were taken away for 法廷の examination.

He said he was not 解放（する）ing any personal （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） on the 犠牲者s such as whether they were married or had any children.

Mr Frayne 述べるd Brabourne 物陰／風下s as a 田舎の 場所 and said it was not unusual for people in the area to have licensed shotguns.

He 追加するd: 'The message we would like to get a across to 居住（者）s in the village is that they are not in danger of any persons in the locality.'

The pretty detached, Victorian house, with Kent tiles covering the 最高の，を越す half of its 塀で囲むs, is surrounded by a large garden 同様に as outbuildings for animals and a duck pond.

Today, the house was 調印（する）d off by police and nine officers stood around the 所有物／資産／財産, as ducks and chickens wandered around the grounds.

Christmas decorations could be seen at the 前線 of the house 含むing a Merry Christmas light 陳列する，発揮する with a Father Christmas underneath.

A children's slide could be seen laying on its 味方する in the garden but did not look like it had been used for some time.

Two cars were parked の近くに to the house, a silver Mercedes and a five-year-old silver Peugeot 307.

A 地位，任命する-mortem examination of the 団体／死体s is 予定 to take place tomorrow morning.




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