Seven-year-old boy found drowned at home alongside dead mother

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Police have announced they are not looking for anyone else after a mother and her seven-year-old son were found dead at their home in London.

Yulia Gokcedag, 35, and her seven-year-old son Timur had been reported missing to the Metropolitan Police on 12 August.

After concerns about their welfare, officers forced their way into the pair’s home on the Isle of Dogs, East London, in the early hours of the morning of 13 August.

Both were found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the address and a post mortem has now revealed Timur drowned while his mother died from hanging.

An investigation by the Met Police’s specialist crime command was launched, but detectives now say they are not investigating any other people in connection with the deaths.

An inquest into both deaths will be held at Poplar’s Coroner’s Court on 16 December.

In a statement, the Met Police said their directorate of professional standards was informed of the incident, which is routine practice.

A referral was then made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, but they have subsequently referred it back to the local professional standards unit who are currently investigating.