New evidence in Emma Pattison ‘double murder suicide’ as it emerges husband was in contact with cops days before deaths
THE husband of a top private school headteacher found dead on college grounds held a shotgun licence.
George Pattison, who is understood to have shot dead his wife Emma and seven-year-old daughter Lettie before taking his own life at the weekend, was in contact with police only days earlier.
He alerted officers to a change of address after his family moved from Caterham, Surrey, to the grounds of Epsom College, The Times reports.
The matter is expected to be returned to Surrey Police for an internal investigation.
The bodies of headmistress Emma, George and Lettie were discovered at around 1am on Sunday.
Cops have not disclosed the cause of deaths but are confident no one else was involved in the “isolated” incident.
They are understood to be treating the tragedy as a double murder and suicide.
Detectives suspect George, 39, killed Emma, 45, and little Lettie before taking his own life.
He is thought to have shot them dead then turned the same gun on himself.
The chartered accountant had a gun licence which had recently been updated, the BBC reports.
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