Police officers were at the property on Staines Road on Saturday
By Ollie Pritchard-Jones & Tom Pugh
BBC News
Police have named four people, including two children, found dead at a flat in Hounslow.
Michal Wlodarczyk, 39, Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, Maja Wlodarczyk, 11, and Dawid Wlodarczyk, aged three, have been named by police.
All four were found at the property on Staines Road, Bedfont, and thought to be from the same family, police said.
Officers said they were called at 15:12 BST on Friday by a person “concerned about the welfare of the occupants”.
After officers carried out a “forced entry” they discovered all four bodies.
Their next of kin have been informed and are being supported by family liaison officers. The Metropolitan Police’s investigation is being led by homicide detectives.
The force described it as “a terrible incident” and revealed that no other parties were currently being sought.
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Ch Supt Sean Wilson told reporters officers were keeping an open mind about the circumstances
Post-mortem examinations are being arranged to establish their cause of death.
It is understood that the property where the bodies were found comprises of two flats and they were discovered in the upstairs flat.
According to neighbours, they were a Polish family. Mr Wlodarczyk worked as a builder, while Mrs Wlodarczyk was a cleaner at a hotel, they told PA Media.
Naura Hooper, 46, who attended the scene, said she used to take 11-year-old Maja out with her daughters.
She said: “Maja was a nice girl, very intelligent and well-liked. The family were nice whenever I met them.”
A man who lives next door, who did not wish to be named, said: “They were just normal neighbours – we just had greetings here and there, that kind of stuff.”
A female neighbour – who also did not wish to be named – said she exchanged pleasantries with the family and revealed the woman was a “lovely mother with two young children”.
She told the BBC the family were “absolutely gorgeous”.
‘Shock and distress’
Feltham resident Michael Oban, 56, who lives about half a mile from the property, said he was “disturbed” by the discoveries.
“Whatever the circumstances, the death of four people inside a property really is quite shocking,” he added.
“You have two children in there. It’s always distressing when you hear children lose their life.”
In an earlier statement, Ch Supt Sean Wilson explained that the police’s “investigation is at a very early stage, and based on our initial inquiries, we are not currently seeking anybody else in connection with the incident”.
“I know the shock and distress that this terrible incident will cause among the community in Hounslow and beyond,” he added.
“I can assure local people that specialist officers are working to establish exactly what happened and I will provide further information as soon as I can.”
He added: “I am also aware that this incident will be particularly upsetting for children, and I ask people to please be responsible about what they post on social media, including not naming or speculating as to the names of those who’ve died.”
Hounslow council leader Shantanu Rajawat said the deaths had sent “shockwaves” through the community and he expressed his “heartfelt sympathies” to the family and friends of the deceased.
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Floral tributes were laid at the scene
At the scene
By Meghan Owen, BBC London reporter
It’s clear that the incident has left Hounslow’s community incredibly distressed.
Some neighbours, parents of young children, were too upset to speak.
Others said they simply couldn’t believe it, and never expected to wake up to this news on a Saturday morning.
Locals have been stopping near the property, and comforting each other, as they come to terms with four deaths in the London suburb.
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