Epsom College deaths being treated as homicide investigation, say police

Detectives recover firearm and are said to suspect husband killed headteacher Emma Pattison and their daughter

Surrey police are treating the deaths of the Epsom College headteacher, Emma Pattison, her husband and their daughter as a homicide investigation and a firearm has been recovered, the force has confirmed.

Pattison, who became the college's first female head in September, was found with her daughter Lettie, seven, and husband, George, 39, at their home in the grounds of the independent school in the early hours of Sunday.