A post mortem examination has found that Ben and Freya Pedersen died as a result of multiple stab wounds. The children were found with their father in a house in Andover earlier this week.
VIDEO: Tributes are being paid to two children whose bodies were found next to that of their father. It's thought 51-year-old Michael Pederson killed his son Ben, seven, and his six-year-old daughter Freya before killing himself on a bridleway near Andover. Martin Dowse reports.
Villagers near the Hampshire bridleway where the bodies of Michael Pedersen and his two children Ben and Freya were found have left a bunch of flowers and a message in tribute to them.
The paper reads "From the people of Newton Stacey, Barton Stacey, So very sorry, RIP."
Police investigating the deaths of three people in Andover can release the post mortem results of Michael Pedersen.
The post mortem examination, which took place yesterday afternoon, 1st October 2012, found Mr Pedersen died as a result of a number of stab wounds to the chest.
The post mortems of Ben and Freya Pedersen will take place later today.
Well-wishers have left floral tributes at Newton Stacey, near Andover in Hampshire where the bodies of Michael Pedersen and his two children were found.
File photo - Trooper Michael Pedersen with Sefton in 1982
Trooper Michael Pedersen with Sefton Credit: PA
Trooper Michael Pedersen at the Horse of the Year Show with Sefton, the Household Cavalry horse badly injured in the IRA bombing incident in Hyde Park, in 1982.
The family of two children whose bodies were found with their father's in a countryside lane have spoken of their devastation.
The bodies of Michael, 51, Ben, seven, and Freya Pedersen, six, were found next to a Saab 900SE convertible car in the tiny lane at Newton Stacey, near Andover, on Sunday.
A father who police believe killed his two young children before killing himself was a former army sergeant who survived a devastating IRA bomb blast.
The 1982 bomb attack hit as Michael Pedersen's unit was taking part in changing of the guard. Four soldiers and seven horses were killed in the explosion.
Mr Pedersen's horse Sefton was left seriously injured, but despite 34 wounds that required eight hours of surgery, the animal survived.
Sefton later became symbolic of the struggle against the IRA and won the Horse of the Year.
A former colleague who served in the Household Cavalry with Mr Pedersen has told reporters he saw him in July at an event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the bombing.
Alex Chalmers said: "He was in good spirits. He didn't mention anything at all, he was just good humoured."