Murder probe over family deaths

17 July 2012 Last updated at 00:42 ET

Ceri FullerThe body of Ceri Fuller was found on Pontesbury Hill in Shropshire

A manslaughter inquiry has been started after the bodies of a father and his three children were found in Shropshire.

Police found Ceri Fuller, 35, and his children, Sam, 12, Rebecca, eight and Charlotte, seven, in an area of woodland on Pontesbury Hill, on Monday.

Detectives have not formally revealed a cause of death but a manslaughter inquiry has been launched and they say they are not looking for anyone else.

Post-mortem tests will start later and could last until Wednesday.

Mr Fuller and the children are understood to have left their home at Milkwall near Coleford in Gloucestershire on Thursday.

Their bodies were found shortly before 10:00 BST on Monday at Poles Coppice, about nine miles west of Shrewsbury.

'Delightful children'

Police had been looking for Mr Fuller and a red Land Rover Freelander which had been seen in Leominster at about midday on Thursday.

Det Chief Insp Neil Jamieson, of West Mercia Police, said the vehicle was later thought to have been heading towards Welshpool.

At a news conference on Monday he appealed for anyone who could help police track the movements of the vehicle to contact officers.

Det Ch Insp Neil Jamieson appealed for information

Mr Jamieson said post-mortem examinations on the bodies would begin later and could last into Wednesday.

The two girls, Rebecca and Charlotte, attended St John's C of E primary school in Coleford.

Head teacher Jan Wagstaff said they were "absolutely delightful children and a pleasure to have in school".

"They will all be very sadly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family," said Mrs Wagstaff.

The family's 12-year-old son Sam was a pupil at Lakers School in Coleford.

Head teacher Alison Elliott said: "We are desperately sad to hear the family are having to face such a dreadful situation."

She added: "Our thoughts are with the family at this very tragic time."

A Gloucestershire Poice spokesman said Mr Fuller's family were being supported by police family liaison officers.

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