First pics of dad and daughter, 6, found dead in West Calder as police issue major update
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A DAD and his young daughter who died in a double tragedy have been named. Mark Gordon, 36, and Hope, six, were found yesterday inside a family home in West Calder. The horrific discovery was made after fire crews forced the door in. One stunned local said: "To think that something horrible has happened here is just so sad.".
![[Man hugging young girl.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Capture_e765b3.jpg?strip=all&w=386)
Cops swooped on a house in the former mining community in West Lothian at 4pm on Monday after a "report of concern for a person inside". Firefighters burst open the door before the youngster and man were found. As a police probe continued into the "unexplained" deaths, forensics teams in white suits were last night seen entering a blue incident tent in the property's garden.
![[Police officer at a crime scene.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/2025-police-property-harburn-drive-965544481_c5b1d7.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Uniformed officers stood guard at a cordon as detectives went door-to-door speaking to residents. One neighbour told The Scottish Sun: "It's unspeakable. I would sometimes see the wee girl outside in the garden. "She was such a lovely wee thing. We're tight-knit here but no one really knew them.".
![[Police officers and forensic investigators at a crime scene.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/21-01-25-west-calder-965581458.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Some locals claimed the pair had lived at the flat for around a year. And retired lollipop lady Isabel Girdwood, 91, said she spotted two women at the door just hours before the bodies were found. Describing both as in their twenties, she added: "They knocked on the door and got no answer.
![[Police officer at a crime scene.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/2025-tent-rear-property-police-965544060.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
