Two women, 24 and 38, stabbed to death at home on Christmas Day as man, 49, arrested
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Shocked neighbours heard screams of "I can't breathe" as two women died in a horror double Christmas Day stabbing in which the perpetrator killed a dog and sent two others to hospital. The women, aged 24 and 38, and a dog were found dead at a home in a block of apartments in Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, around 6.36pm yesterday - with forensic teams spotted near the address after Thames Valley police cordoned off the quiet residential street.
The two women died at the scene, while the man and teenage boy are in a stable condition in hospital. The dog stabbed in the incident and was taken to vets but did not survive. A large cordon remains in place around the property, and tributes can be seen placed outside. A man, 49, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the horror incident, police said.
Thames Valley Police said officers were called to to the block of apartments at around 6.36pm after reports of a stabbing. Residents said they heard a commotion at the home before police were called, with one saying they initially believed people at the home were "messing about".
But they later heard "screaming and shouting at the flat" with one woman complaining she couldn't breathe. They told The Sun: "At around 6pm a lady has come out of the balcony – she’s screaming ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.’. "They've been stabbed in the chest and the head. Suddenly someone has come out and the other person has run into our neighbour’s house. The dog ran out – it was a little white dog but you couldn’t tell - it was covered in blood. Within minutes there were about 12 ambulances.".
