Murder investigation as woman and baby found dead in Hampshire

**Marv** · February 27th, 2010, 11:09 AM

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5032...ound_murdered/

A murder hunt has been launched today after a woman and baby were found dead at a house in Hampshire.

The bodies were found in a house in Totton this morning by a relative.

Detectives from Hampshire’s Major Crime Team have launched the murder inquiry following the discovery at the house in Myrtle Avenue.

Neighbours have told how they heard shouting coming from the house last night.

The identity or ages of the two victims have not been revealed nor have details of how they died.

It has also not been confirmed whether they are mother and child.
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Today one neighbour said: “We heard a commotion and shouting but we could not make it out.

"We assumed it was teenagers and then about 9am this morning seven police cars turned up."
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Police have also taped off an area of a field and woodland to the side of the cul-de-sac.

**Marv** · February 27th, 2010, 07:51 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/8540574.stm

Police have named a 21-year-old man they want to speak to after the bodies of a woman and her baby daughter were discovered in Hampshire.

Officers want to talk to Anthony Marsh after the bodies of Stephanie Bellinger, 24, and eight-month-old Lily were found at house near Southampton.

Police were called to Myrtle Avenue, Totton, on Saturday morning after the pair were found by a relative.

A police spokesman said Mr Marsh was a "murder suspect" and a "dangerous" man.

Detectives want to speak to Mr Marsh as a "matter of urgency", he added.
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"Mr Marsh has had no contact with family or friends since the bodies were discovered by a relative just before 9am," he said.

He has gone missing before, visiting cities including Brighton and Plymouth, but his whereabouts remain unknown.

Known to travel by rail, the suspect either sleeps rough or in churches, police said.

"Mr Marsh is dangerous and should not be approached," the spokesman added.

"If anyone has seen him or someone matching his description they should not approach him but phone the police immediately by dialling 999."

Mr Marsh is white, 6ft 2in tall, with short fair hair, brown eyes, of slim build and has a tattoo on his left forearm.
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Post-mortem examinations on the bodies were likely to be conducted by a Home Office pathologist either later or on Sunday morning.

**Marv** · February 28th, 2010, 04:30 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ild-house.html

The mother of missing Anthony Marsh, who is suspected of murdering his partner and baby, today urged her son to hand himself in, saying it was 'pointless' to run away.

Wendy Marsh broke down in tears as she tried to speak at a press conference this afternoon and her message was instead read by a family liaison officer.
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A family friend of Marsh said he was prescribed medication for depression.

The man, who did not wish to be named, said: 'Somewhere down the line, someone has failed because they knew he was on medication.

'He was on tablets, but he never took them.'

'Somewhere down the line, someone has failed because they knew he was on medication.

That quote from the 'family friend' makes no sense to me what so ever. 'Someone' failed? The only failure is Anthony Marsh, especially as he allegedly never took his damn pills.

I'm just so sick of people refusing to step up and take responsibility for their crap. It's alway 'someone' elses fault.

**Marv** · March 1st, 2010, 11:10 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...side-baby.html

The prime suspect for the murder of a 24-year-old mother and her eight-month-old baby was arrested today.

Anthony Marsh, 21, who shared a home with victim Stephanie Bellinger was found by a police officer wandering the streets of Fareham, Hants.

The officer approached 6ft 2in Marsh and asked his name before detaining him.
Marsh had not been seen since his partner of four years and their daughter were found dead by relatives on Saturday morning.

The couple's two-year-old son Charlie was also in the semi-detached house at the time but was found unhurt.
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It is understood Miss Bellinger's parents found the bodies of their daughter and granddaughter lying side-by-side on Saturday morning.

Stephanie Bellinger

**Jerri Blank** · March 2nd, 2010, 11:34 PM

wow the 2 year old was in the house with dead mommy and sister! that is go sad! I'm so glad the caught that son of a bitch!

**Marv** · March 4th, 2010, 07:04 PM

The boyfriend of a woman found dead along with her baby daughter has been charged with their murders.
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Ms Bellinger's family paid tribute to her in a statement saying they had been left with a "huge hole" in their lives.

They described her as a "fun-loving, free spirit" and her daughter as "a bouncing, happy little baby who brought joy to our lives"..

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**Whisper** · May 10th, 2010, 01:19 PM

Stabbing victims’ family speak of still-raw grief
THE family of a Hampshire mother and daughter killed in their own home have spoken of their grief and sorrow for the first time.
Liz Bellinger was overcome with emotion as she told how “no one will know the pain” she was feeling following the deaths of her daughter Stephanie Bellinger and granddaughter Lili.
Mrs Bellinger was thanking generous members of the public who had shown kindness and support to her family following the tragedy earlier this year as she collected a cheque at a local supermarket.
Stephanie, 24, and ten-monthold Lili were found stabbed to death at their house in Myrtle Avenue, Totton, on February 27.

Stephanie’s two-year-old son Charlie is understood to have also been in the house but was unharmed.
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As well as a £300 donation, staff also presented Mrs Bellinger with bouquets and a collection of clothes for Charlie from their George department.
Mrs Bellinger broke down as she saw first hand the generosity of local people and said the money would go to help Charlie’s future education, perhaps investing it in a new computer when he needed it.
The 61-year-old said: “I’d like to thank everybody for the help they have given us through this pain and sorrow that we’re going through. Thank you so much.
With the loss of my daughter and granddaughter we’d just like to say thank you to the public both here in Totton and around the world really for their support and to Asda for this donation for Charlie.”
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Jan Clements said: “We wanted to raise as much as money as possible so that Charlie will benefit from things in the future. We know that the money we raised will be spent wisely to make Charlie’s life as normal as possible.”
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■ Anthony Marsh, 21, accused of murdering his partner Stephanie and their daughter Lili, is due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on May 21.

http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/...grief/?ref=rss

Stephanie Bellinger

**Aena** · May 10th, 2010, 01:44 PM

OMG what a cute baby! Glad they caught the cocksucker. He wasn't taking his meds blah blah blah I am on a shit ton of meds and bipolar to boot, even if I don't take them I don't go off killing anyone!

**Silvahalo** · May 11th, 2010, 12:26 AM

omg, omg! he stabbed them to death?? and tho I am way happy baby Charlie was unharmed, how is it he lives and they die? baby Charlie left with no mama or baby sister. Fuckn asshole I hope he dies gutted in prison.

My deepest heartfelt sympathies to family who have lost precious loved ones.

**Hellsbells** · November 17th, 2010, 03:17 PM

Knife-man killed girlfriend and baby

A man killed his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter in a "sustained and fearsome" knife attack in Hampshire before fleeing and leaving the couple's other young child locked in the house, a court has heard.

Anthony Marsh plunged the weapon into half-naked Stephanie Bellinger, 24, more than 30 times in the bedroom of their home in Totton, Winchester Crown Court heard. Their daughter Lili Marsh was stabbed once through the head as she lay on the same bed.

But unemployed pub worker Marsh, 22, did not kill the couple's two and half-year-old son during the attack in February this year.

Marsh instead fled the house, locking the boy in for 30 hours until his worried grandmother, Elizabeth Bellinger, and Ms Bellinger's older sister, Ruth Goody, broke into the house and were confronted by the "truly distressing scene" that was "gruesome to behold".

Christopher Parker QC, prosecuting, told the jury that the pair found their relative naked from the waist down on the bed with her night shirt pulled up over her body. Marsh had also thrust the knife into his girlfriend's mouth and left it there.

He denies murder, but admits the killings on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Marsh was arrested a few days later in nearby Fareham and told police in interview he heard voices telling him to kill Ms Bellinger as they lay in bed together.

He said he went downstairs, got a kitchen knife and attacked his sleeping partner by plunging the knife into her neck after counting to 50 several times and he repeatedly stabbed her as she screamed. He then said he tried to suffocate Lili, because the voices told him to, with the duvet and by standing on her but she was still breathing. He said he could not remember stabbing her.

He told officers he then took a shower and cuddled receptionist Ms Bellinger and the voices told him to kill his other child but he was able to resist them.

Mr Parker told the jury that Marsh had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after taking a large amount of drugs in his teenage years but he had never mentioned hearing voices to doctors

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/n...baby_1_1660700

**Silvahalo** · November 18th, 2010, 12:35 AM

He said he went downstairs, got a kitchen knife and attacked his sleeping partner by plunging the knife into her neck after counting to 50 several times and he repeatedly stabbed her as she screamed. He then said he tried to suffocate Lili, because the voices told him to, with the duvet and by standing on her but she was still breathing. He said he could not remember stabbing her.

He told officers he then took a shower and cuddled receptionist Ms Bellinger and the voices told him to kill his other child but he was able to resist them.

This is so gruesome so unfathomable! OMG, that woman died terrified out of her mind for her life and her children....the horror is just unbelievable. My heart goes out to the family...rest in peace mama and baby Lili.

**misssmartypants** · November 18th, 2010, 01:06 AM

I can always count on the UK for the details..Damn...after he stabbed her one time too many, he stabbed the knife in her mouth and left it there. Stabbed baby Lily in the head. That is not manic depression..that is an evil s.o.b. This kind of shit talking about him not taking his meds, and thats why he got stabby, hurts the people who do take meds. What an insult to people who have manic depression, and have to battle discimination every step they take.
Truly horrible what that monster did.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · November 30th, 2010, 02:42 PM

A man who stabbed his girlfriend more than 30 times as she slept, before killing their daughter, has been found guilty of their murders.

Anthony Marsh, 22, stabbed Stephanie Bellinger, 24, and 10-month old Lili, at their home in Totton, near Southampton, in February.

He admitted the killings on the grounds of diminished responsibility, claiming he heard voices in his head, but denied murder.

Marsh will be sentenced on Wednesday.
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The jury heard during the two-week trial that Marsh suffered from bipolar disorder and the family were in £13,000 debt, partly, because he lost his job after he stole from a pub he worked in.

He often fled the family home and went to other cities, sleeping rough before handing himself in at hospitals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11865867

**carolinablue** · November 30th, 2010, 03:07 PM

Bipolar my ass. People in the depressive phase are dangerous to themselves; they are likely to attempt suicide. In the manic phase they are usually hyper, grandiose and have the attention span of mosquitoes. From personal experience with a couple of relatives, they are likely to ruin the family business, spend all the money they have (or can con people out of) on fantastic get rich quick schemes and generally drive people nuts. My last boss was genuinely bipolar, and refused to take his meds because they "interfered with his creativity". We were in the Research and Development lab of a major international chemical corporation; and part of my job (as I saw it) was to keep him from blowing us up or starting fires. I have some stories about him! I lasted 2 years with him, which is about 18 months longer than any previous associate chemist/physicist.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · December 3rd, 2010, 04:27 PM

A man who stabbed his girlfriend more than 30 times as she slept, before killing their daughter, has been jailed for life for their murders.
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Marsh was told he would have to serve at least 26 years.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11887912