{"id":682282,"date":"2026-07-09T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682282\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:36:09","slug":"familys-unimaginable-loss-after-mum-and-daughters-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682282\/","title":{"rendered":"Family&#8217;s &#8216;unimaginable loss&#8217; after mum and daughters found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A family has spoken of its &#8220;unimaginable loss&#8221; after a mother and two children were found dead at their home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The bodies of Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were discovered when police forced entry to a house near Bedford on Monday after reports they had not been seen for several days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A family tribute released on Thursday said: &#8220;During this time of unimaginable loss, we wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has reached out with prayers, messages of comfort, and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bedfordshire Police is seeking Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, also known as Mark, who left the country via Heathrow Airport on a British passport on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The family statement, issued by police, added: &#8220;Your kindness and compassion have brought great strength to our family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the circumstances surrounding their passing remain the subject of an official investigation, we are unable to comment further at this stage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are also awaiting guidance from the relevant authorities before confirming funeral and memorial arrangements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They said an official update will be shared as soon as further information can be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A family has spoken of its &#8220;unimaginable loss&#8221; after a mother and two children were found dead at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-682282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}