Man, woman, baby found dead in east London

Police said yesterday they were treating the discovery of the bodies of a man, a woman and a baby in a house in east London as suspicious.

Officers were called to the house in Bow after residents said they had not seen the occupants for some days.

Inside they found dead a man aged 49, a woman of 29 and a fourth-month-old baby girl.

"We retain an open mind regarding the circumstances at this early stage, and the deaths are being treated as suspicious at present," police said in a statement.

Detectives are trying to trace the next of kin before the bodies can be formally identified.