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14 December 2010
Last updated at 05:34 ET
Detectives are continuing to question a man arrested on suspicion of murdering his former partner and her son.
Police said the injuries sustained by the pair were consistent with a blunt trauma, although they could not confirm reports that an axe was used.
The 45-year-old man was arrested by armed officers in Swindon, Wiltshire, a few hours after the bodies were found at a house in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
The woman's two daughters fled from the house, one with serious injuries.
'Extremely traumatised' The elder of the two, in her late teens, was taken to hospital, while the other, aged 13, was unharmed but "extremely traumatised".
Police found the bodies of the woman, aged in her 40s and her son, in his 20s, in Mold Crescent at 0645 GMT.
Neighbours said they saw a man wielding an axe at the time of the killings.
Det Insp Steve Duffy said that "some kind of weapon" was used during the attack, although it had yet to be recovered.
"As you can appreciate, officers went to the address and were faced with a horrific scene," Mr Duffy said.
"There were two people obviously dead or very close to death at the scene.
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"The police traced a suspect to an address in Wiltshire and police went to that address and effected an arrest."
He added there was a "background" to the deaths, which were not the result of a random attack.
Mr Duffy said police had received no previous calls to the address about domestic incidents.
Ten officers remained at the scene of Monday's killings while police were also present at a second house in Mold Crescent, opposite the scene of the attack.
'Axe involved' Detectives believe the suspect may have visited the property during the course of the killings.
The victims have not been formally identified and post-mortem examinations were due to be held.
The family were believed to have lived in the house for a year.
A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: "All we've heard is there's been a murder and an axe was involved.
"I know the house but I don't know who lives there.
"We can't get up there because the police are blocking it. They've stopped the cars going up and down.
"It's a very quiet street really. I never hear of any trouble."
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Police said the injuries sustained by the pair were consistent with a blunt trauma, although they could not confirm reports that an axe was used.
The 45-year-old man was arrested by armed officers in Swindon, Wiltshire, a few hours after the bodies were found at a house in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
The woman's two daughters fled from the house, one with serious injuries.
'Extremely traumatised' The elder of the two, in her late teens, was taken to hospital, while the other, aged 13, was unharmed but "extremely traumatised".
Police found the bodies of the woman, aged in her 40s and her son, in his 20s, in Mold Crescent at 0645 GMT.
Neighbours said they saw a man wielding an axe at the time of the killings.
Det Insp Steve Duffy said that "some kind of weapon" was used during the attack, although it had yet to be recovered.
"As you can appreciate, officers went to the address and were faced with a horrific scene," Mr Duffy said.
"There were two people obviously dead or very close to death at the scene.
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It's a very quiet street really. I never hear of any trouble”
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"The police traced a suspect to an address in Wiltshire and police went to that address and effected an arrest."
He added there was a "background" to the deaths, which were not the result of a random attack.
Mr Duffy said police had received no previous calls to the address about domestic incidents.
Ten officers remained at the scene of Monday's killings while police were also present at a second house in Mold Crescent, opposite the scene of the attack.
'Axe involved' Detectives believe the suspect may have visited the property during the course of the killings.
The victims have not been formally identified and post-mortem examinations were due to be held.
The family were believed to have lived in the house for a year.
A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: "All we've heard is there's been a murder and an axe was involved.
"I know the house but I don't know who lives there.
"We can't get up there because the police are blocking it. They've stopped the cars going up and down.
"It's a very quiet street really. I never hear of any trouble."
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