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A father and his six-year-old daughter were found dead inside a Red Deer home Sunday in a suspected murder-suicide.

Mounties arrived at the home in the Lancaster neighbourhood Sunday after they were asked to check on the welfare of the 39-year-old father and his daughter.

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Records show the home is owned by a Robert Lesslie Malcolm Campbell.

Campbell had lived alone in the home for the last few years with only occasional visits from his young daughter, neighbours said.

Sunday afternoon, Mother’s Day, a heavy police presence around the tidy home alerted nearby residents that something serious had happened.

By late Sunday evening, forensic teams had arrived. Investigators began circulating in the neighbourhood asking anyone with surveillance cameras for footage taken between Thursday and Sunday.

“It’s a tragic situation, a very tragic and sad story,” said neighbour Beata Wojtasiewicz. “I never imagined that something like this could happen in our neighbourhood.”

Supt. Ken Foster called the incident a “tragic loss that affects our whole community.”

He said investigators aren’t looking for any suspects in connection with the deaths.

“We don’t have any concerns about public safety or that neighbourhood involved,” he said.