Police are appealing for information about a man wanted in connection with the deaths of three people at a property in Bedford.

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who also goes by the name of Mark, aged 45 and from Bedford, is believed to have left the country from Heathrow Airport on a British passport. He is a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage.

Officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit launched a murder investigation on Tuesday (7 July 2026) after the bodies of a woman and two children were discovered at a property in Great Denham.

Although formal identification has yet to take place, police believe them to be his wife Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and his daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5.

Detective Inspector Lee Martin, senior investigating officer, said: “We have been carrying out numerous lines of enquiry as part of this fast-paced, complex investigation. We know that Mark Tshuma left the country on Saturday and is now believed to be in Zimbabwe.

“We are urgently working to find and apprehend him, and would appeal to him directly to hand himself in.

“Our thoughts are still very much with Zandile, Natalie and Nala, as well as all of those who loved and knew them, at this extremely difficult time.”

Anyone who has any information about Tshuma or witnessed anything unusual or suspicious in the days leading up to Saturday, please do contact us. Any information – no matter how small – could be beneficial to this investigation.

Any information can be reported via the Major Incident Public Portal or via 101.