The head of a prestigious Surrey private school has been found dead at the school alongside her seven-year-old daughter and her husband. Epsom College head, Emma Pattinson, 45, and her husband George, 39, were found dead alongside seven-year-old Lettie.
Ms Pattison has been described as a wonderful teacher” and a delightful person” who had a distinguished career”.
Police were called to the 42,000 per year Surrey school at 1am yesterday. Surrey Police said they were treating the deaths as an isolated incident” and were not seeking a third party in connection to the incident.
In a statement last night a spokesperson for the force explained how the discovery was made.
“In the early hours of this Sun] morning, Surrey Police was contacted by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to attend a property in the grounds of Epsom College.
“Officers attended at around 01:10am where they, sadly, found the bodies of three people, including a child.
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