A mother and her son are dead following a Friday-morning stabbing in a residential Brampton neighbourhood, and the father and husband died by suicide, near Hwy. 410, police say.

Peel police received reports of two people stabbed at a home on Josephine Court, a residential cul-de-sac, near Williams Pkwy. and Jordan Blvd., shortly before 6 a.m.

The 53-year-old mother of four was found dead in the home, and her 13-year-old son died in hospital, according to police.

Soon after, the 51-year-old husband and father was found dead on the southbound lanes of Hwy. 410 at Williams Pkwy., police said.

The 911 call came from someone inside the residence, police say.

Police say they are not releasing the names of those involved to respect the family’s privacy.

“This is a very tragic incident, the circumstances surrounding it, there were obviously family members who are still having to deal with all of this which is obviously why we have not and are not releasing the names of the indivdiuals involved,” Peel police Const. Danny Marttini told reporters at the scene.

“It is at [their] request, because of the trauma going on around this situation.”

The victims lived in the house and have resided there “for quite some time,” Marttini said.

According to property records, the home is owned by Roberto and Maria Lisa Gorospe, who purchased it in 2002.

Three neighbours at the scene said the woman who lives at the home goes by Lisa, and that she is a realtor. Those neighbours identified her the couple in a photo posted to Lisa Gorospe’s Instagram account, in which they appear to be on vacation in California.

Several neighbours said the couple had four children, three daughters, all older than 15, and a son, Christian, around 13. Marttini said two of the children were adults.

Police are not looking for any suspects and said there is no threat to public safety.

Throughout the day Friday, investigators could be seen canvassing the neighbourhood around the Josephine Court house, the middle unit in a modest triplex.

The street had been cordoned off since Friday morning, as officers knocked on neighbours’ doors to ask questions.

A grey minivan could be seen parked in the home’s driveway.

“It’s very sad. It’s pretty surreal right now,” said neighbour Cheyenne Barriault, 20, who lives a couple of houses down.

“Very shocking to wake up to something like this in our own neighbourhood. I’ve never seen police here before,” Barriault said.

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Neighbours said the family at the house had lived there for more than 15 years.

Photos taken at the scene of the highway incident show police investigating a scene under the highway overpass.

Police have closed the southbound ramp at Bovaird Dr. Williams Pkwy. is closed in both directions at Hwy. 410, and eastbound at Rutherford Rd. N.

The victims of the stabbing are Peel Region’s 13th and 14th homicides of the year.

“Now these kids are left alone with no parents. How sad,” said Wesley Stackhouse, whose house is about 50 metres from where the family lives.

With files from Tom Yun and Sherina Harris

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