Family murdered in 'safe' US town

The murdered bodies of a jeweller, his mother and his three children were discovered last night in in a town hitherto regarded as one of the safest in the US.

Marco Pesce, 38, his mother, Maria Vergati, who was visiting from Italy , and the jeweller’s three children, Melissa, six, Sabrina, nine, and Carlo, 12, were found in the ransacked home.