A TV paramedic is discovered lifeless alongside a lady as police launch a homicide investigation

Ellie, who was Duffield’s crewmate on the Channel 4 sequence, mentioned she spoke to her good friend on the telephone about an hour earlier than he was discovered lifeless.

“By no means in 1,000,000 years did I believe I must sit down and write this, and but I’m nonetheless attempting to come back to phrases with it, however I simply need to say how particular you might be,” she wrote in a tribute on Instagram. “To me, you aren’t solely my greatest good friend at work and my greatest crewmate, but additionally one in every of my greatest buddies who has had an amazing affect on my each day life.

“I by no means thought I must write this publish,” Mr Duffield’s sister, Chelsea Duffield, wrote in a tribute on Fb. “My lovely brother left us at the moment and I’m so devastated that you’re gone.

“I’ll by no means settle for that you’re now not right here. You have been a brilliant individual, all the time serving to others, making them smile, laughing, saving lives, however sadly you could not assist your self.”

“Assist a whole bunch of sufferers”

Richard Barratt, chief working officer at West Midlands Ambulance Service, described Duffield’s demise as a “enormous tragedy”.

“I hope Daniel’s household finds some consolation within the a whole bunch of sufferers he helped throughout his time as a paramedic. Our ideas exit to the households of the 2 individuals discovered on the scene,” he added.

Ms Evan’s household within the village of Pen-y-Fay, close to Bridgend, south Wales, mentioned they have been so upset they have been unable to talk on Thursday.

Ms Evans was a pupil psychological well being nurse who graduated from Swansea College earlier than shifting 140 miles to Staffordshire

Neighbors within the village described her household as “very close-knit and type.”

‘It shook the area people’

Detective Inspector Nicky Addison, from Staffordshire’s Main Investigations Division, mentioned:

“I do know this information has understandably shaken the area people. I want to reassure everybody that we now have a devoted group of officers working lengthy hours to totally examine what occurred and help the households of these affected.

“We totally perceive that many individuals need to know extra about what occurred, however we want to reiterate that hypothesis just isn’t useful to households at this troublesome time.”