Video_ Didcot Murders_ Police Hunt Oxford University Groundsman as Three Victims Named - Telegraph

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Didcot murders: Police hunt Oxford University groundsman as three victims named Thames Valley Police search for 21yearold Jed Allen after officers find bodies of his mother, her daughter and a man at property in Didcot, Oxfordshire By Victoria Ward, video source ITN 6:20PM BST 24 May 2015 A major manhunt was under way in Oxford last night as armed officers scoured parkland for a former university groundsman suspected of murdering his mother, her partner and her sixyearold daughter. Jed Allen, 21, a horror film fanatic who has distinctive spider and scorpion tattoos on his hands, was being sought after the discovery of three bodies at their family home. Janet Jordon, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and sixyearold Derin are believed to have died from stab wounds.

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    Didcotmurders:PolicehuntOxfordUniversitygroundsmanasthreevictimsnamed

    ThamesValleyPolicesearchfor21yearoldJedAllenafterofficersfindbodiesofhismother,herdaughterandamanatpropertyinDidcot,Oxfordshire

    ByVictoriaWard,videosourceITN

    6:20PMBST24May2015

    AmajormanhuntwasunderwayinOxfordlastnightasarmedofficersscouredparklandforaformeruniversitygroundsmansuspectedofmurderinghismother,herpartnerandhersixyearolddaughter.

    JedAllen,21,ahorrorfilmfanaticwhohasdistinctivespiderandscorpiontattoosonhishands,wasbeingsoughtafterthediscoveryofthreebodiesattheirfamilyhome.

    JanetJordon,48,PhilipHoward,44,andsixyearoldDerinarebelievedtohavediedfromstabwounds.

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    ThepublichasbeenwarnednottoapproachMrAllen,whohadpostednumerousphotographsofhimselfonlinebrandishinganaxe,alargeknifeandvariouslongblades.

    OxfordUniversityParkswasshutdownasmorethan100officers,manyinriotgear,andteamswithsearchdogscombedthesprawling,70acregroundsandwidercityarea.

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    DetSuptChrisWard,fromThamesValleyPolicesMajorCrimeUnit,describedtheincidentasatragicandsadevent,offeringhiscondolencestothefamilyasthesearchforMrAllencontinued.

    Thesuspect,whoisknowntothepolice,isaformergroundsmanatOxfordUniversityandisalsolistedasanapprenticegardeneronDidcotTownCouncilswebsite.

    Heisthoughttohavehadatroubledupbringing.

    Hisparentsnevermarriedbuthisfatherwentontomarryanotherwoman,withwhomhehastwoteenagechildren.Theyhavesinceseparated.

    MsJordonisthoughttohavemetMrHowardwhentheywereneighboursatherlastaddressona

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    Didcotstreetjustamilefromthemurderscene,andwhereshehadlivedwithMrAllenuntilmovingawayjusttwomonthsago.

    HerFacebookpageisfullofphotographsofheryoungdaughter.

    Themostrecentshowedthematadonkeysanctuary,withDerin,wearingpurplesunglasses,huggingoneoftheanimals.Othersshowedherinfancydress,inheruniformonherfirstdayatschoolandinasunnyfieldofbuttercupswithherpetdog,Tetley.

    OnephotographshowedMrAllencradlinghishalfsister.

    Incontrast,MrAllensownsocialmediapagesdepicthimposingwithahuntingstyleknifeapproximately10incheslong,withthecaptiontodayspurchases.

    Fugitiveonrunfor11yearsbecamestarshowjumperHattonGardenheist:Ninthmancharged

    Anotherpictureofthesameweaponiscaptionedyoucallthataknife,thoughttobeareferencetothefilmCrocodileDundee.

    HealsopostedseveralpicturesofWolverine,aMarvelcomiccharacterwhohasbladesonthebacksofhishands.Inoneshotheposeswithamakeshiftversionofthecharactersiconicclaws.

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    HislistedfavouritefilmsarelargelyhorrorandactionmoviesandheisamemberofagroupcalledMensRightsActivism.

    ThefamilysbodieswerediscoveredattheirhomeinDidcot,Oxfordshire,followingatipofffromamemberofthepubliconSaturdayshortlybefore8.30pm.Postmortemexaminationsareexpectedtotakeplacetoday.

    DetSuptWardsaidsearchessomewitharmedofficerswerecontinuinganditwasimportanttofindMrAllen,describedas6fttallandoflargebuild,assoonaspossible.

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    Itisveryimportantthatwelocatehimasquicklyaswecan.WearesearchingthegroundsofOxfordUniversity.ThereareanumberofaddresseswehavealreadyvisitedinDidcot,aswellasanopensearchinOxford,hesaid.

    HeaddedtherewasnosuggestionwhatsoeverthatMrAllenhadaweapon.

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