New Delhi, July 4 -- Gruesome details have come to light as the Delhi Police continue to investigate the murder of a 42-year-old woman and her 14-year-old son in the Lajpat Nagar area. An officer described the crime scene, saying, "There was blood all over the house."

"The woman was lying dead, with her throat slit, in a room on the floor next to the bed. When we opened the washroom, the son was lying dead inside, with his throat slit as well," the officer at the scene of the crime was quoted by the Hindustan Times as saying.

The woman and her son were allegedly murdered inside their residence in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area on Wednesday.

A police officer privy to the investigation said, "Prima facie, the incident took place between 7.30 ...