Police have made an urgent appeal to find a missing man after a mother and her nine-year-old son were found stabbed to death at a home.
Officers from Lincolnshire Police want to hear from people who have seen Daniel Boulton, 29, as they investigate the suspected double murder of the 26-year-old woman and child.
The force urged people not to approach Boulton if they see him and to call 999 immediately.
The bodies of the woman and child were found when paramedics and police were called to a home in Louth just before 8.30pm on Monday.
Local residents told the Mirror the pair are understood to be a mother and her young son.
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Police launched a search for Boulton and on Tuesday morning released a photo of him as part of an appeal for information from the public.
A police cordon remained in place on Tuesday morning, as mourners left flowers and the investigation into the deaths continued.
Stuart Jenson, who described himself as a priest, said he spent time with the boy's "distraught" grandfather on Tuesday morning.
Mr Jenson said he last saw the boy about two weeks ago and would see the mother "regularly" in the local area.
He told the Mirror: "Our local community is a close, loving and caring community, and we have all been under a great deal of stress the last year with the pandemic worries and lockdowns.
"The community will always be affected by such incidences as this. It's extremely sad.
"The people involved have help and support. It's a very, very sad day and may God be with, bless and comfort those who suffer this awful and tragic loss."
Chantelle Fenton, a local resident, handed a bouquet of flowers to a police officer to add to a memorial outside the home.
She told the BBC: "I saw the lady a few times when I walked past but I never knew her.
"It's just sad because it's happened on your own doorstep."
In a statement, a spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “We are urgently appealing for information or sightings of Daniel Boulton following the death of a woman and child in Louth.
“Officers were called to an address on the town’s High Holme Road at 8.29pm, last night (May 31), after being informed by our colleagues in the ambulance service.
“Sadly, a woman and a child were found dead at the property.
“An investigation has been launched and we are appealing for any sightings or information that could help us to find Daniel Boulton, who is aged 29.
“You should not approach him but instead call 999 quoting incident 445 of 31st May.”
The appeal was shared on Twitter by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit.
It wrote: "We're urgently looking for Daniel Boulton following the death of a woman and child in Louth, Lincolnshire.
"If you see him call 999."
