Not to detract from the tragedy of the situation.
I wonder if there will be the same uproar that there would have been if the sexes were transposed like there usually is in the news.
This is a tragic and totally uneccesary waste of life. The woman who did this is a selfish b*stard.
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A woman and a young girl whose bodies were recovered from a lake in the Cotswolds died from drowning, post mortem examinations have revealed.
The bodies were found on Wednesday by police divers searching for missing celebrity florist Jude Richmond and her nine-year-old daughter Millie.
They were last seen at their home at The Landings, South Cerney, on Sunday.
Police are currently treating the deaths of the woman and child as unexplained.
Open mind
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Wasley, officer-in-charge of the case, said: "At this moment in time we remain open-minded as to the circumstances of these deaths and are exploring a number of lines of enquiry to ascertain exactly what happened.
"A team of officers are analysing the forensic evidence, talking to all those who entered and exited the estate over the weekend and examining CCTV, mobile phone telephony and computer records.
Jude Richmond with daughter Millie
Mrs Richmond ran Camelia Florist in The Laurels
"A detailed forensic search of the house and surrounding area is continuing to take place today and while we understand this may cause some disruption to neighbours we hope they will understand the necessity of such activity."
Formal identification is expected to be completed later.
Mrs Richmond, 41, and Millie were last seen at their home in The Landings, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, on Sunday evening.
Police were first alerted to their disappearance by the family cleaner on Monday morning.
Officers said they were waiting to speak to 41-year-old Mrs Richmond's husband, Nick, who was flying back to the UK from New Zealand.
Detectives now believe that the reported sighting of the pair with a man at the gates of their estate in fact took place between 1700 GMT and 1715 GMT on Saturday, rather than Sunday as originally stated.
Another witness has reported seeing Mrs Richmond walking side by side with a man in his 40s, with short dark hair, in Silver Street between 1500 GMT and 1530 GMT on Sunday, with Millie a few metres behind them.
CCTV has confirmed that the pair left Dobbie's Garden Centre in Siddington, near Cirencester, at about 1635 GMT on Sunday.
Handle questions
Teachers at Cirencester Junior School, where Millie was a pupil, have taken advice on how to handle questions from classmates.
"We've been advising staff on how they can answer questions, what sort of questions might come up," said head teacher Pam Keevil.
"We're hoping to put out something to parents later in the week, when things are a little bit more clear."
Mrs Richmond, who runs Camelia Florist in The Laurels, South Cerney, and grew up in Ross-shire in the Highlands, has provided flowers for the Queen Mother, the film Bridget Jones's Diary and the band Pink Floyd.
The Camelia Florist website described Millie as the "business's mascot".
An entry about her said: "She is really mad about three things in life - dogs, ponies and flowers."