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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessy

First picture of suspect after wife and two daughters found dead at home

  • Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her two daughters, Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were discovered dead in their home in Great Denham, near Bedford, on Monday.
  • Bedfordshire Police are treating the deaths as murder and have identified 45-year-old Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, also known as Mark, as the primary suspect.
  • Mark Tshuma, a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage and the father/husband of the victims, is believed to have left the UK from Heathrow Airport to Zimbabwe on Saturday.
  • Detective inspector Lee Martin has issued an urgent appeal for Tshuma to hand himself in, stating that police are actively working with national and international agencies to track him down.
  • A woman laying flowers outside the family home described Zandile as a "gracious mother," expressing profound sorrow over the loss.

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