Maddie Durdant-Hollamby: Tributes to Kettering murder victim

Maddie Durdant-Hollamby enjoyed dancing and worked in marketing, her family said

Tributes have been paid to a "kind, caring and thoughtful" woman who was found dead at a house in Kettering.

Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, 22, from Cambridgeshire, was discovered shortly after 13:00 BST on Friday.

Northamptonshire Police was called to Slate Drive in the town where the body of Benjamin Green, 41, was also found.

Ms Durdant-Hollamby's death is being treated as murder, no arrests have been made and detectives said they were not looking for anyone else.

Police confirmed Mr Green, whose family has paid tribute to "an extremely loving father," lived at the house on Slate Drive.

Det Insp Nicole Main said: "While we await a formal identification of Benjamin, we have taken the step of naming him with the support of his family.

"We understand he and Maddie had been in a relationship, and are working to establish as much as is possible about the circumstances in which they died."

She said both families were "overwhelmed with sadness and have asked that they be left in peace at this terribly distressing time".

Ms Durdant-Hollamby's body was found by police on Friday

In a statement issued through police on Sunday, the family of Ms Durdant-Hollamby, from Wimblington near the town of March, said they were "absolutely devastated at the loss of Maddie, our beautiful daughter, sister, granddaughter and niece".

"Our hearts are broken and we cannot begin to imagine life without her. The shock and pain we are feeling is indescribable," they said.

"She was a beautiful person both inside and out, who loved nothing more than spending time with her family and friends.

"Maddie was a kind, caring, thoughtful young woman, who touched the lives of everyone she met.

"A talented dancer, her creative talent continued through school and into her career in marketing. Her life has been sadly cut short just as her career was blossoming.

"Our thoughts are with everybody who knew and loved Maddie as much as we did."

Police have appealed for those with information to come forward

Police later released a statement from Mr Green's family on Tuesday.

It said: "Ben was an extremely loving father to three extraordinary young children and was a beloved partner to his ex-wife. He was also a loving son, brother, uncle, and nephew.

"There are no words to describe the extremely sad circumstance of this tragic incident and our thoughts and prayers are with Maddie's family, loved ones and friends.

"We would now respectfully request time to grieve in peace, and would ask members of the media to respect our wishes as we have no further comment to make at this devastating time."

Speaking when Ms Durdant-Hollamby's family issued its statement, Det Insp Main added: "Maddie Durdant-Hollamby was a young woman with a bright future ahead of her, and we are making sure her family are fully supported as we work to answer their questions about how she came to lose her life.

"Our investigation has found no known background of domestic abuse in this case so far, but we continue to appeal to anyone with any information they believe to be relevant to our inquiries to contact us."