John Hunt’s wife Carol died from stab wounds while daughters died from crossbow injuries, coroner hears

The wife of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, died from stab wounds while two of their daughters, Hannah and Louise, died from crossbow bolt injuries in an attack in Bushey earlier this month.

An inquest into the deaths of the three women has opened at Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court today.

Police have still not been able to question a man arrested on suspicion of killing a mother and two daughters in a crossbow attack.

Investigators will wait for medical staff to confirm that the man is well enough to be spoken to before they can quiz him about the triple murder in a quiet suburban home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 10.

Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, and two of their daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were found fatally injured at the family home in Ashlyn Close just after 7pm earlier this month.

Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court heard Hannah Hunt texted someone telling them she had been “tied up” at the family home. The text asked the unnamed member of the public to call the police, telling them the person responsible was at the house, a coroner’s officer told the short hearing.

Ms Hunt was then able to call the police, reporting that she had been shot, as had her mother and sister. She gave her address before the call cut out, the hearing was told.

Senior coroner for Hertfordshire Geoffrey Sullivan heard that officers found Hannah alive in the main doorway of the home.

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Paying tribute to the three victims, Hunt and his third daughter Amy previously said: “The devastation that we are experiencing cannot be put into words.”

In a further statement read to Sky Sports Racing viewers by his colleague Matt Chapman, Mr Hunt paid tribute to his “magnificently inspirational” surviving daughter.

He said: “Notwithstanding the horrid evil that’s swept through our lives, wreaking devastation on an unimaginable scale, the counter to that has been the breathtaking messages of support, some of which are still to be read. Amy, my eldest daughter, has been magnificently inspirational with her control and support for me, which I am trying, trying so hard, to replicate.

“Every message has felt so important, the same as a reassuring hug. We know people are worried about us. We will get through this.”