Three children found dead after mother killed in car park fall

Suffolk Police said they were called out at 8am yesterday to the death of a woman in her 20s who suffered head injuries at a car park in Gordon Road.

Officers investigating the incident later found the children at a Victorian terraced house in London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

They were named by neighbours as Levina, three, Addy, two, and an 11-month-old baby boy, believed to have been called Kyden.

Paying tribute to Ms Anderson as a “loving mother”, friends said she had recently split from boyfriend Craig McLelland.

She is understood to have been worried that her children would be taken away by social services.

Speaking in front of the Victorian terraced house where the children were found, friend Karligh Smith, 20, said: “It’s devastating, she was the most lovely mother.

“She had asked social services for help because she had three kids, another on the way, and she had to do all that by herself.

“Craig is devastated too, he came here to pay his respects this afternoon.”

A Facebook page belonging to Ms Anderson but under the name Fiona Chisholm appeared to show a picture of the children with their father.

In the last post made from the profile on Sunday, Ms Anderson uploaded a picture of an ultrasound scan showing a baby. She is believed to have been eight months pregnant.

In another post made on Sunday evening, Ms Anderson wrote: “Levina addy kyden evalie mummy will keep you safe. Mummy loves you. Mummy will keep you safe.”

In a further post, she complained “the people who are supposed to help us just tell lies and try to take my babies away”.

Outside the house at the junction of London Road South and Grosvenor Road, many teddy bears had been left as tributes together with flower bouquets.

Visiting the scene, Mayor of Lowestoft, Nick Webb, said the community was in “absolute shock”.

He said: “It is just incomprehensible what has happened here and so difficult to get your head around.

“My heartfelt sympathies go out to the families of those who have lost their loved ones.”

Formal identification is expected to take place after post-mortem examinations by a Home Office pathologist at James Paget Hospital in Gorleston conclude.

Police said they were treating the children’s deaths as suspicious but added that there was no further threat to the wider community.

Detective Superintendent John Brocklebank, from Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team, said: “We are in the early stages of a large investigation into what has happened.

“It is too early to be able to come up with a definitive explanation and we will be keeping an open mind.

“However from our initial inquiries we do not believe there is any threat to the wider community.

“Our priorities now are to establish the circumstances behind the woman’s death and how it may be related to the deaths of the three children.

“Police are appealing for anyone who has information that may help the investigation to contact police on 101.”

In a statement, police said: “An area of Lowestoft was closed off this morning, Monday 15 April, after a woman was found with severe head injuries.

“Police attended the incident in Gordon Road just after 8am.

“It is believed she fell from a car park.

“Ambulance and air ambulance attended, however the woman, who is believed to be in her 20s, was pronounced deceased on scene.

“Inquiries into the incident led police to an address in London Road South, Lowestoft, where the bodies of three children were discovered.

“The children are all believed to be infants aged three, two and 11 months.”