An elderly couple found murdered in their own home on Good Friday were discovered dead in their bedroom, it was reported yesterday.

A murder probe is under way after Italian couple Guiseppe and Caterina Massaro, 80 and 77, were found by a relative at their home in Woden Road, Wolverhampton, on Friday night.

The couple, originally from Italy, had moved to England in 1960, and had two children and a number of grandchildren.

It has been reported that the couple were found in their bedroom, with no signs of blood or that they had put up any resistance.

The couple’s grand-daughter Lindsey Booth, 22, told The Sunday Mercury it was clear the couple had been burgled.

“When I got upstairs I opened their bedroom door and saw my grandad lying still on top of the mattress,” she told the paper.

“I screamed to my mom to stay downstairs and walked over to touch the body and it was cold and clearly dead.

“That’s when I noticed my gran lying next to him because her body had been covered by the duvet.

“They were both still in their day clothes and I didn’t see any blood or signs that there had been a struggle.”

Neighbours have paid tribute to the couple, while several bunches of flowers had been left near their home today.

One read: “In loving memory of Cath and Joe. Great neighbours, will be sadly missed, never forgotten, love Julie, Trevor and family.”

Yesterday Sarah Roberts, 61, said: “I only spoke to them a couple of days ago and he wished me well.

Justin Greenwood, 46, said: “They were always out and about, they seemed to live outside, maybe a continental way of life.

Detectives are trying to track the movements of the couple’s black Peugeot 307 which went missing from their house and was later found in nearby Wednesfield.

The car is thought to have some distinctive features - an orange fir tree air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror and a sticker of the Virgin Mary on the windscreen.