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16/11/2006
Investigations continues into family deaths
Police investigating the deaths of two children, their mother and her brother have revealed that the bodies were discovered after a man called them to say that he had murdered his "entire family".
The bodies of Olufunke Sobo, 36, her brother Yemi, 41,and her two children - 12-year-old Abigail and five-year-old Stephen Crampton - were found in Hawthorn Gardens, Newcastle on Tuesday.
It has been reported that the children's father, Neil Crampton, 33, made the call.
A man was arrested just hours after the bodies were discovered. Police confirmed that a 33-year-old man had been arrested in Gateshead on Tuesday. They are waiting to question him as he is currently receiving medical treatment.
It is not known how the family died, but police said that they had been subjected to a "sustained violent attack".
(KMcA/EF)
The bodies of Olufunke Sobo, 36, her brother Yemi, 41,and her two children - 12-year-old Abigail and five-year-old Stephen Crampton - were found in Hawthorn Gardens, Newcastle on Tuesday.
It has been reported that the children's father, Neil Crampton, 33, made the call.
A man was arrested just hours after the bodies were discovered. Police confirmed that a 33-year-old man had been arrested in Gateshead on Tuesday. They are waiting to question him as he is currently receiving medical treatment.
It is not known how the family died, but police said that they had been subjected to a "sustained violent attack".
(KMcA/EF)
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Police are continuing to hold a 33-year-old man in connection with the deaths of four of his relatives in Newcastle. The bodies of Olufunke Sobo, 36, her brother Yemi and her two children, Abigail, 12, and five-year-old Steven Crampton were found in Hawthorn Gardens, Newcastle.
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