A woman found dead at home along with her eight-year-old daughter was a “loving and devoted mother”, a neighbour has said. Police say they are not actively looking for anyone else in the investigation after responding to reports of concern for the welfare of the woman, 40, and child, who were found shortly after 10.30am on Monday at a house on South Radford Street, Kersal in Salford.
They have not been formally identified by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) but a neighbour said they were a mother and daughter who lived alone at the address. She said the mother was named Martina and the daughter Elani, but she did not know the surname. She said the mother was half-Polish and half-Italian and had lived at the address for around two years.
The PA news agency could not confirm the family surname. The neighbour, who did not want to give her name, said the mother did not work and spent most of her time at home looking after her daughter. “I didn’t see that much of her, I was at work all day,” the neighbour said.
“All I could say was she was a loving and devoted mother to the little girl. “Elani was severely disabled and hugely dependant on her mum. She had a walking frame and she would walk with her mum up and down the street outside their house.
“A bus would come to take the girl to a special school each day. “Martina was quite a closed person. “A police van arrived outside the house with lights flashing.
I came downstairs to have a look then a policewoman knock.