Police arrest man, 27, on suspicion of murder as detectives link deaths of three men in their 80s in Devon

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27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of three men in their 80s were found in two properties in Exeter, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

The deaths of the three men, one aged 80 and two aged 84, are being treated as suspicious and are being formally linked, the force spokesman said.

Police said the deaths were "unprecedented in the city" and admitted it had "shocked us all". 

The body of an 80-year-old man was found at an address in Bonhay Road at around 3pm on Monday a house near St David's Railway Station in Exeter - a busy road which runs north from the town centre to the station, parallel to the River Exe.

While the house remains behind a police cordon, a handwritten note stuck to the front door reads: "Elderly man, 80 years of age, wants accommodation for himself and his pet cat." He asks for any replies to be posted through his letterbox.

A day later, the bodies of the two 84-year-old men were found after officers were called to a property in Cowick Lane at 1pm on Tuesday.

The second house is a mile and a half away from the first, and some houses on Cowick Lane sell for more than £1million.