Didcot murders: Prime suspect Jed Allen 'sent text' to friends saying 'I've done something bad'

Allen reportedly sent a text to 'seven people' before they knew what had happened

Jed Allen, 21, who was found dead on Monday (Thames Valley Police/PA Wire)

Triple murder suspect Jed Allen, who was found dead yesterday, sent a text message to friends saying "I've done something bad" in the hours following the killings of his sister, mother, and his mother's partner, it has been claimed.

Allen's friend Jake O'Dea, 21, told The Sun: "He sent out a massive text to seven people. One rang the police. Another tried to go round to his house. At that stage no one knew what had happened.

"We only knew about the murders later."

Thames Valley Police announced a search for prime suspect Allen, a 21-year-old groundsman at Oxford University Parks, after the bodies of Janet Jordan, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and Derin, aged six, were discovered at their home on 24 May.

Derin Jordan's body was found along with her mother and her mother's partner at their home in nearby Didcot (PA)

Allen's social media profile presented him as an avid fan of the Marvel comic book character Wolverine. He posted photos of himself online posing with an axe, and appeared to possess a large knife collection.

Allen poses with three knives between his fingers, imitating 'Wolverine' (Instagram)

Detectives have since shifted their attention to the circumstances of the killings after Allen's body was found by members of the public in a wooded area of Oxford on 25 May.

Detective superintendent Chris Ward said the body had not been formally identified but officers were satisfied it was Allen.

Additional reporting by PA