If I was a single parent I'd be in a dark place

Mum wishes she 'could have helped' as police investigate ‘murder-suicide'

- NEAL KEELING

RACHEL Flevill is a dedicated and loving mum to her four children – but the tragic case this week of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter being found dead in Salford struck a chord.

Martina Karos, 40 and her severely disabled eight-year-old child, Eleni Edwards, were discovered at their home in South Radford Street, Kersal, on Monday. The case is being treated as suspected murder-suicide and one line of inquiry is that they were overcome by fumes.

Rachel lives in the same city and she too has a non-verbal disabled child. However unlike Martina, who lived just with Eleni, she has three other children and ‘a rock’ of a partner, her husband Adam.

Friends of Martina have said she was ‘struggling’ and have questioned if she was being given adequate support. This resonated with Rachel.