A two-year-old girl found dead beside her mother three weeks after they were last seen has been pictured for the first time today.
Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her two children were last seen on February 17 and reported missing from their south Gloucestershire home on March 1.
More than two weeks later, officers found human remains concealed in a home in Dundee on March 18.
Ms Burke and her two-year-old daughter Jellica’s bodies have now been formally identified and their family is being supported by police family liaisons.
A seven-year-old girl was found alive in the Dundee property and is being supported by police.
Bennylyn Burke and her two-year-old daughter Jellica’s (pictured) bodies have now been formally identified and their family is being supported by police family liaisons
Officers in Dundee went to a house at 3.20pm on Friday March 5, as part of an enquiry into the disappearance of Bennylyn and two children.
Andrew Innes, 50, from Dundee, appeared at sheriff court on March 8 accused of murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody.
Software engineer Innes is alleged to have bludgeoned Ms Burke to death with a hammer at his home in Dundee.
He is also alleged to have murdered the child by unknown means between February 17 and March 5 this year.
Ms Burke, Jellica and another child were reported missing to Avon and Somerset Police on March 1, having last been seen at her first floor flat in Kingswood.
Ms Burke, 25, and her two children were last seen on February 17 and reported missing from their south Gloucestershire home on March 1. Pictured, Jellica with her mother
Officers found human remains concealed in a home in Dundee during the search for Ms Burke (pictured) and two-year-old Jellica
A resident who stays on the ground floor of the block said police had been going door-to-door to inquire about the mother’s disappearance.
Ms Burke (pictured), a mother of two, is believed to have moved from the Philippines to Bristol around two years ago
The neighbour said: ‘The police were here to ask about Bennylyn and what I knew about flat number seven. I didn’t know them.’
Other residents in the block had also been questioned by police about the disappearance of Ms Burke.
Neighbours in nearby streets were also questioned and suggested the block, which they understood to be social housing, was no stranger to the emergency services.
One said: ‘I was watching on the news on Sunday evening and they said a South Gloucestershire woman had been murdered and I thought that’s near me.
‘Then they said Kingswood and then Court Road and the next thing, a police detective knocked on my door to ask if we had seen or knew anything.
‘I didn’t know her or recognise her. The first I heard of it was on the news. I had heard people shouting at the flats in the middle of February and I think it was reported to the police.’
Neighbours of Ms Burke in Bristol were being quizzed by police as officers in Dundee conducted inquiries
A police officer stands at the police corden in Dundee as the search for Ms Burke continued on March 9
A 50-year-old man was arrested at a property in Dundee, in connection with the disappearance of Ms Burke and her two-year-old daughter Jellica. Picture date: March 9
Local residents were also asked if they had seen a blue Renault car, like one seized by investigators in Ardler for further examination.
Neighbours admitted recognising the vehicle would be difficult given the road is a busy thoroughfare.
Innes allegedly used a hammer to murder Bennylyn and is accused of killing pre-schooler Jellica through ‘unknown means.’
Innes made no plea at Dundee Sheriff Court.
It is understood Ms Burke originally hailed from the Philippines and travelled to live in Bristol around two years ago.
Flowers and a teddy bear left in Dundee as the search for Ms Burke continued last month
She is understood to have had family members living in the United Kingdom and they have been informed as her next-of-kin.
Door-to-door inquiries have been carried out in the Ardler area of Dundee, where Innes lives in a £250,000 five-bedroom house.
Detectives are trying to establish the full extent of Ms Burke’s movements in the period since she was last seen until Innes’ arrest.
Post mortem examinations will take place to establish the identities of the bodies and cause of death.