Two women’s bodies ‘found in freezer’ in east London house

Police are working to carry out formal identification and trace the women's families.

A murder investigation has been launched after two women were reportedly found dead in a freezer at a home in east London.

Police were called to a property in Vandome Close in Canning Town at around 11.45am on Friday and found the bodies.

They are working to carry out formal identification and trace the women’s families.

A police source told the Daily Mail: ‘The bodies were found in the freezer inside the flat apparently.

‘There were two victims. One of them is understood to have been on the Missing Persons list for quite some time.’

An investigation has been launched by the Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command.

Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Tucker said: ‘The launch of any murder investigation is naturally of concern to the local community and we have borough officers in the area supporting colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command as they investigate the full circumstances.

‘A crime scene is in place and we would encourage anyone with information about what may have happened at this premises to contact police on 101, quoting CAD 4303/26APR.’

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