Nothing to suggest anyone else involved in West Calder deaths, say police
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Police said there is nothing to “suggest anyone else is involved” after a father and daughter were found dead in a house. Officers found the bodies of the 36-year-old father, and his six-year-old daughter, at the property in Harburn Drive, West Calder, West Lothian, on Monday afternoon.
The death are being treated as unexplained, and police said post-mortem investigations into the bodies will take place this week. Speaking at a press conference at Livingston police station on Wednesday, Chief Superintendent Gregg Banks said concerns were raised when the child failed to attend school on Monday.
“Police Scotland responded to what we class as a ‘concern for’ call on Monday January 25,” he said. “That call related to concern from a family member around their child failing to attend school. “This led our officers to conduct inquiries to identify the child’s whereabouts, and ultimately resulted in them attending at the property at Harburn Drive in West Calder.
“When they were unable to gain entry to the property, assistance was provided from colleagues at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to force entry, and tragically the bodies of an adult male aged 36, and a young female age six years of age, were discovered in the property.”.
Mr Banks said there had been an “element of shared custody” over the child between her mother and father, and that she had been staying with her father for a “period of time” when their bodies were found. Detective Chief Inspector Bob Williamson, of the major investigation team, said: “Our thoughts remain with the man and girl’s relatives at this extremely difficult time and they continue to be supported by specialist officers.
