The seven-year-old daughter of Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison died after being shot in the head, in inquest has been told. Lettie Pattison died alongside her mother and father in the tragedy on February 5.
Police have said they believe Emma's husband, George, shot them both before shooting himself. An inquest opened into his death earlier this week when it was said he had died from a "shotgun wound to the head".
Now a separate hearing has been told of the cause of death of the mother and daughter. Emma Pattison, 45, died of shock, haemorrhage and shotgun wounds to the chest and abdomen, while Lettie died of a shotgun wound to the head, an inquest opening at Surrey Coroner’s Court has heard.
Post-mortem examinations were carried out three days after the incident by Dr Ashley Fegan-Earle at East Surrey hospital, the hearing was told. Coroner Simon Wickens offered his condolences to the family and friends and all the lives both Emma and her daughter had touched.
A pre-inquest hearing will take place later this year in June.
The three were found dead at their home in the grounds of the private school in Surrey after Mrs Pattison made a distressed call to her sister. Police have previously said a firearm that was legally registered to Mr Pattison was found at the scene.
