Lowestoft: Timeline Of Investigation Into Family's Deaths

22 January 2014, 00:00 | Updated: 22 January 2014, 05:55

A timeline of the investigation into the death of Fiona Anderson from Lowestoft and her three children.

15th April 2013

An area of Lowestoft is closed off after a woman was found with severe head injuries.

Police attend the incident in Gordon Road just after 8am. It's believed she fell from a car park.

Ambulance and air ambulance attend however the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Enquiries led police to an address in London Road South, Lowestoft where the bodies of three children were discovered. The children were believed to be infants aged three, two and eleven months.

Police treat their deaths as suspicious and they're taken to the James Paget Hospital at Gorleston for post-mortem examinations.

The property in London Road South is cordoned off and officers remain on scene.

 London Road South

16th April 2013

Detectives continue their investigations.

A post mortem examination on the woman found that her death was caused by severe head injuries consistent with a fall from height. The woman hadn't yet been formally identified.

A post mortem examination was also carried out on the three-year old female infant. Her death is unascertained and will be the subject of further tests. Formal identification of the child has not taken place at this stage.

The post mortem examinations on the other two children take place at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

Police release CCTV images of the deceased woman, as they try to piece together her last movements.

Examinations of the flat in London Road South continue.

Lowestoft mum cctv 2

Update 16th April 2013

The woman is formally identified as Fiona Anderson, 23, of London Road South.

The further two post-mortems have been completed with the cause of death given as unascertained in both cases.

Fiona's family release the following statement:

“Fiona was a beautiful, intelligent girl and a loving and caring person, but she had suffered from mental illness since she was young and we believe she was driven to her actions yesterday.

This was not our Fiona – she was not herself. She cared passionately about others but often brought stress on herself by caring too much. She was gentle but ended up under too much pressure.

As a family we were close but she would often push us away, keen to do her own thing and not to listen when we offered support. Life was sometimes overwhelming for her.

She was really popular but just didn’t believe she was and had forgotten there were people there that could help her.

We wish more had been done to recognise her mental health problems, which could be masked by her intelligence and creativity. She would often make costumes for the children, who she loved very much.

Fiona will be known to many in Lowestoft as she attended Oulton Broad Primary, Lothingland Middle and Benjamin Britten High Schools and will be remembered by us as a girlie girl who loved Disney films and playing with her Barbies and My Little Ponies when she was younger.

While she was popular she was also a very private person and we’d ask that the media respect this.” - Mum Kerry, Dad Michael and sisters Claire and Laura Anderson.

 

17th April 2013

Police receive a positive response from local people following release of CCTV images.

In total, 13 people came forward to say they had seen Fiona walking in Lowestoft. This includes a cyclist, who was pictured cycling along a road at the time Fiona was seen entering the car park.

Police release more CCTV photos that are sharper and better quality.

Formal identification of the children has not taken place at this stage.

 

CCTV Lowestoft Children Deaths

 

Update 17 April 2013

Police release the names of the children found dead.

They are:

- Levina Anderson (female), aged three.
- Addy Anderson (male), aged two.
- Kyden Anderson (male), aged 11 months.

 

18 April 2013

Detectives continued to receive a positive response from local people following release of further CCTV images.

 

19th April 2013

Inquests into death of woman and three children is opened at Ip-City Centre in Bath Street, Ipswich.

 

22nd January 2014

A serious case review into their deaths is released.