{"id":97510,"date":"2025-01-26T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T02:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levanews.com\/?p=52204"},"modified":"2025-01-26T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T02:02:30","slug":"girl-6-and-father-found-d-3-a-d-after-she-misses-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/girl-6-and-father-found-d-3-a-d-after-she-misses-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 6, And Father Found D.3.a.d After She Misses School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-52206 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/01%5C/1080X1350-5.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1350\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p><em><strong>Hope Gordon, a 6-year-old schoolgirl from West Calder, Scotland, and her father, Mark Gordon, 36, were tragically found dead in their family home.\n<h3>Police Investigation Launched\n</h3><p>Authorities initiated a welfare check on Monday, January 20, after Hope failed to attend school.<br>\n\u201cPolice Scotland responded to what we class as a \u2018concern for\u2019 call on Monday, January 20,\u201d said Chief Superintendent Gregg Banks. \u201cThe call came from a family member concerned about the child\u2019s absence from school.\u201d\n</p><p>Hope\u2019s parents shared custody, but according to police, she had been staying with her father for some time. Officials initially found no evidence of third-party involvement in the deaths.\n</p><p>Following a post-mortem examination, the case is being treated as a suspected murder-suicide, as reported by <em>The Sun.\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-52212 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/01%5C/474752291_3467114830262050_2143720386525067734_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"647\"' height='\"850\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><h3>Statements from Authorities\n</h3><p>Detective Superintendent Grant Hendry of the Major Investigation Team expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy.<br>\n\u201cOur thoughts remain with Hope\u2019s family and friends, along with everyone affected by this devastating incident,\u201d Hendry said. \u201cThe families are understandably devastated, and we\u2019re providing support through specialist officers during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d\n</p><p>Hendry emphasized that investigators are continuing their work to provide answers for the family and reiterated there is no evidence suggesting anyone else was involved.<br>\nDCI Williamson urged the public to come forward with any relevant information, no matter how small. \u201cIf you know anything, please contact officers immediately,\u201d he said.\n</p><p>Chief Superintendent Gregg Banks acknowledged the shock within the community but assured the public there is no broader risk, as the tragedy appears to be an isolated incident.<br>\n\u201cWe are working tirelessly to determine what happened in the property and to provide answers to the devastated family,\u201d he added.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-52211 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/01%5C/473722103_1778285409628389_3359874554799156856_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"812\"' height='\"1024\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><h3>Remembering Hope\n</h3><p>Hope was a student at Toronto Primary School in Livingston, where her loss has deeply affected the school community.<br>\nHeadteacher Fiona Linfoot described Hope as \u201ca bright, bubbly, and affectionate girl.\u201d<br>\n\u201cHope was a much-loved member of the Toronto Primary family. She will be hugely missed by her friends and the school staff,\u201d Linfoot shared. \u201cWe will always remember her infectious smile and kind heart.\u201d\n</p><h3>Community Support\n</h3><p>The thoughts and prayers of the community are with the grieving family during this unimaginable loss. Police and community leaders are urging anyone with information to step forward and assist in the investigation.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Hope Gordon, a 6-year-old schoolgirl from West Calder, Scotland, and her father, Mark Gordon, 36, were tragically found dead in their family home. Police Investigation Launched Authorities initiated a welfare check on Monday, January 20, after Hope failed to attend school. \u201cPolice Scotland responded to what we class as a \u2018concern for\u2019 call on Monday, &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":97511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97515,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510\/revisions\/97515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></em></p></strong></em></p>