A FAMILY found dead at their Fordingbridge home this morning have been named locally as Vicki and Andrew Case and their little girls Phoebe and Nereya.

Sources at the scene in Provost Street, where the gruesome discovery was made around 11.20am, say they had only been living at the house for a matter of months.

Vicki is understood to have run a local nursery while Andrew, 32, was a driver for a locally based firm.

Eyewitnesses told the Daily Echo how Vicki's body was found in the dining room downstairs at the property, close to the centre of the town, while the two girls were upstairs in a double bed.

Andrew is understood to have been found hanged near to the staircase inside the house.

Police have not confirmed the identities of the four people found dead and have so far refused to comment on the cause of their deaths.

The alarm was raised when the children's nan called at the house and was heard screaming "all my babies are dead".

Neighbours heard the commotion and ran to her while police were called to the scene.

A cordon remains around the driveway leading to the family's home, where several detectives and forensic officers are continuing to investigate what happened.

A post mortem will be carried out tonight on the bodies of Andrew and Vicki Case at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, police said.

The post mortem on the children's bodies is thought to be carried out tomorrow.