Family pay tribute to 'precious' mum and daughters found dead in Bedfordshire

The family of a mother found dead alongside her two daughters have said that their deaths "will leave a massive hole in our hearts", as they laid flowers outside the home in which their bodies were discovered. Police forced entry into a £1.3m detached property in Great Denham, near Bedford, on Monday after reports that Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and her daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, had not been seen for several days. Police believe they were murdered and have identified the suspect as 45-year-old Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, also known as Mark - who is the girls' father and Mrs Tshuma's husband. He is now thought to be in Zimbabwe after he was spotted on CCTV boarding a flight on Saturday at Heathrow Airport. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on X: https://twitter.com/itvnews