Update: Incident on Bremer Road in Staines-upon-Thames

We were called yesterday afternoon (31 August) at around 1.15pm by South-East Coast Ambulance service to a property in Bremer Road, Spelthorne, where officers found the bodies of three children and a man.

A thorough investigation is being carried out to establish the circumstances of their deaths and at this stage, we believe this to be an isolated incident with no third-party involvement.

We can now confirm that the children and man involved were all related and the three children were all under the age of 4. Postmortems and formal identification will take place in due course.

Their mother and next of kin are aware and being supported by specialist officers. We request their privacy is respected at this incredibly difficult time.

DCI Gareth Hicks who is leading the investigation, said: “This is a truly tragic incident and a thorough investigation is underway to establish exactly what happened. We would like to thank the local community for their support and understanding whilst we have been conducting our enquiries. We can also now update that whilst Bremer Road was closed for a significant amount of time yesterday, it has now fully re-opened and there will continue to be a police presence in the area for the foreseeable.”

Surrey Police have also completed a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to previous police contact with those involved in August 2023.