Mum who was knifed to death before husband and kids were found dead at cliffs are named by police
Laura De Figueira, 47, was found an hour after the bodies of her husband Adelino Figueira, 57, and their sons Claudio, 10, and seven year-old Joaquin were discovered
A MUM who was knifed to death before her husband and children were found dead at cliffs have been formally named by police.
Laura De Figueira, 47, had been stabbed multiple times when her body was found at her home in Twickenham, south west London, earlier this month.
The bodies of her husband Adelino Figueira, 57, and their sons Claudio, 10, and seven year-old Joaquin were discovered 90 miles away at Birling Gap in East Sussex about an hour earlier.
Scotland Yard last night formally identified the tragic family and said post-mortem examinations had concluded.
Laura died from multiple stab wounds while her husband and two children suffered multiple injuries consistent with falling from height.
Detectives from the Met's murder squad are leading the investigation, alongside Sussex Police, but say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the tragedy on March 5.
Neighbours of the Twickenham had previously spoken out of their horror, with neighbour Alycia Mead, 25, saying: "It was about 6pm and I saw lots of flashing lights and two fire engines parked on the road.
"Then about six police cars, some unmarked, came and the officers were smashing their way through the front door.
"They were struggling but managed to smash through some of the windows and climbed in through the door and then I heard them say 'she is on her own'.
"They were picking their way through the garden and the shed and when I saw forensics I thought it must have been murder.
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"I haven't really seen them, I saw Christmas lights go up but that is about it, they were a very quiet family."
A bus driver, who refused to be named, said he saw the family coming out the driveway occasionally.
He said: "It is a shock, they were very nice people, pleasant.
"I saw them quite a few times and you could just tell they were very nice."
A car was recovered near to the seafront by Sussex Police.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Metropolitan Police on 0208 721 4005, or locally to Sussex Police on 101 quoting Operation Glasson.
You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.