An eight months pregnant woman has been stabbed to death but her baby survived after being delivered at the scene in south London.

Kellymary Fauvrelle, 26, has been named locally as the victim whose baby was saved after emergency services rushed to Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath at 3.30am on Saturday.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder - bringing the total killings in the capital to 64 this year.

The baby is in a critical condition in hospital.

Today forensic officers were pictured leaving the property and officers remained on the scene.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted: 'Violence against women has no place in our city, and horrific murders in the home like this show the scale of the problem we face.'

A neighbour identified Kellymary Fauvrelle, 26, as the victim who was stabbed to death at Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath in the early hours of Saturday morning

An ultrasound image uploaded to the mother's Facebook page in February saying she had been expecting this summer

An image from Kellymary Fauvrelle's Facebook profile taken in April last year

Forensic officers were today pictured outside the property wearing blue suits and purple gloves, while officers also remained on the scene

Khan's tweet continued: 'My heart goes out to this innocent child, and to the mother they have so tragically lost.'

One neighbour told the Mail on Sunday he had heard the sound of police dogs rifling through the property in the early hours of the morning.

He added: 'It was pretty loud, it woke us up. We heard screaming, and then we saw police and paramedics. Later on I saw another woman come out and just collapse on the street.'

Ms Fauvrelle was a keen motorcyclist and shared an image of an ultrasound in February, saying 'looks like riding season is on hold for me this year.'

On her Facebook bio she wrote: '4 wheels move the body...but... 2 wheels move the soul.'

An officer stands outside the address as a police cordon was set up while forensics officers searched the property

In March last year she passed her bus driving test 'with pretty much full marks' with Arriva London - who operate Transport for London's buses.

One friend commented: 'The only way is UP, well done Kelly.'

Shaun Bailey, the Conservative London mayoral candidate, tweeted: 'Please God let this child survive. Please let this baby's family come together to free it from this most heinous arrival to our world.'

Detective Chief Inspector Mick Norman said: 'This is a horrific incident in which a young mother has lost her life and her child is critically ill.

'Our sympathies go out to her devastated family; they are being supported by specially trained officers following this awful event, and I would ask that they are left alone at this time as they come to terms with the enormity of what has happened.

The address on Saturday evening after the mother was killed in the early hours of the morning

Officers were called to Raymead Avenue in Thornton Heath at 3.30am on Saturday after the pregnant woman was fatally stabbed

Forensics bags outside the crime scene at Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath

The death of the 26-year-old mother marks London's 64th murder his year following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Shepherd's Bush on Wednesday

'A large crime scene is in place, and is likely to be in place for some time.'

The mother is the 64th murder victim this year in the blood-drenched capital.

Yusuf Mohamed became London's 63rd murder victim of the year when he was stabbed to death in Shepherd's Bush on Wednesday - despite witnesses claiming he put his arms up to show the attackers he wasn't armed.



LONDON'S MURDERS IN 2019 Where the 64 murders in the capital so far this year have been committed Jan 1: Charlotte Huggins, 32, Camberwell

Jan 1: Tudor Simionov, 33, Mayfair

Jan 4: Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, Rainham

Jan 6: Sarah Ashraf, 35, Isle of Dogs

Jan 7: Jayden Moody, 14, Waltham Forest

Jan 11: Asma Begum, 31, Canning Town

Jan 27: Kamil Malysz, 34, Acton

Jan 29: Nedim Bilgin, 17, Islington

Feb 4: Carl Thorpe, 46, Highgate

Feb 5: Lejean Richards, 19, Battersea

Feb 10: Dennis Anderson, 39, East Dulwich

Feb 18: Bright Akinlele, 22, Camden

Feb 19: Brian Wieland, 69, Chingford

Feb 21: Glendon Spence, 23, Brixton

Feb 22: Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck, 19, Wood Green

Feb 25: David Lopez-Fernandez, 38, Tower Hamlets

Feb 26: Che Morrison, 20, Ilford

Mar 1: Jodie Chesney, 17, Harold Hill

Mar 2: Elize Linda Stevens, 50, Hendon

Mar 2: Jolia Bogdan, 3 months, Croydon

Mar 3: Unnamed man, 37, Soho

Mar 6: Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, Kew

Mar 6: David Martinez, 26, Leyton

Mar 7: Antoinette Donnegan, 52, Battersea

Mar 7: Ayub Hassan, 17, West Kensington

Mar 16: Nathaniel Armstrong, 29, Fulham

Mar 22: Abdirashid Mohamoud, 17, Isleworth

Mar 24: Ravi Katharkamar, 54, Pinner

Mar 27: Ramane Richard Wiggan, 25, West Norwood

Mar 28: Zahir Visiter, 25, Regents Park

Mar 29: Gavin Garraway, 40, Clapham

Apr 1: Calvin Bungisa, 22, Kentish Town

Apr 2: Hubert Hall, 60, Walthamstow

Apr 7: Annabelle Lancaster, 22, Enfield

Apr 8: Noore Bashir Salad, 22, Manor Park

Apr 16: Gopinath Kasivisuwanathan, 27, Wembley

Apr 17: Steven Brown, 47, Stoke Newington

Apr 23: Meshak Williams, 21, Harlesden

Apr 26: Mihrican Mustafa, 38, Canning Town

Apr 26: Henriett Szucs, 34, Canning Town

Apr 26: Amy Parsons, 35, Whitechapel

Apr 26: Joshua White, 29, Hackney

May 1: Tashaun Aird, 15, Hackney

May 5: Constantin Sin, 51, Leytonstone

May 5: Junior Urugbezi-Edwards, 18, Southwark

May 11: Erik San-Filippo, 23, Islington

May 16: Barrington Davis, 54, Lewisham

May 23: Vladimir Koudriavtsev, 69, Kensington

May 23: Tatiana Koudriavtsev, 68, Kensington

May 25: Iderval da Silva, 46, Battersea

May 26: Alimal Islam, 23, Tower Hamlets

May 28: Ismail Ceesay, 33, Forest Gate

May 30: Steven Kennedy, 61, Plaistow Park

May 30: Unnamed man, 52, Harrow

June 1: Baris Kucuk, 33, Haringey

June 4: Adrian Murphy, Battersea

June 14: Cheyon Evans, Wandsworth

June 14: Eniola Aluko, Plumstead

June 15: Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky, Tower Hamlets

June 15: Giedrius Juskauskas, Stratford

June 18: David Bello-Monerville, Barnet

June 21: Edward Simpson, Feltham

June 26: Yusuf Mohamed, Uxbridge

June 29: Kellymary Fauvrelle, Croydon