A post-mortem examination carried out today has failed to shed light on how a child died alongside her "mother" at a Gillingham flat.

Police are still treating the deaths of 36-year-old Lillian Elizabeth Oluk and the unnamed youngster as "unexplained" - but not suspicious - and further tests will be carried out.

They were discovered at a flat in Trafalgar Street on Monday evening.

Officers are now working with the Health and Safety Executive to try and establish the circumstances.

Family members will be helping police to formally identify the child, who is believed to be Miss Oluk's daughter.

A post-mortem examination on the woman was carried out on Wednesday, and on the child today. Miss Oluk was formally identified by family members yesterday.

It is thought their bodies could have lain undiscovered for up to eight days.

Neighbours have been left stunned by the shocking find, which left the area looking like a major crime scene.

Despite a continued forensic operation, police are still unable to establish how they died - although they have ruled out foul play.

A woman who lives on the floor above the flat said that since January she had regularly heard a woman shouting at a crying child on the floor below, but noticed the shouting had stopped almost two weeks ago, around Sunday, March 6.

"I’m here all the time and I would always hear this child crying all the time,” said the resident, who wished only to be identified as Amy.

"I would always hear this child crying all the time. About 3 or 4pm she would start yelling at the child. It would happen for hours. It went on for weeks" - neighbour

"About 3 or 4pm she would start yelling at the child.

"I couldn’t hear what she was saying but it would happen for hours. It went on for weeks.

"About March 6, I said to my nurse ‘I haven’t heard her’," added Amy, who is disabled and has a carer.

She said the following week she and other residents noticed the building had begun to smell "absolutely terrible".

"We couldn’t get rid of it," she said. "It was really horrible. We thought it was a dead rat again, we dragged stuff out of the cupboards and couldn't figure out what was wrong."

She says no one knew the woman and the child, and it was only on Monday when police arrived and the news broke, she realised the two could have been dead beneath her flat for more than a week.

"People move in and out on a constant basis so I thought they had moved," she said.

"I didn’t think the shouting was that awful or threatening enough to call social services.

"But I feel really horrible, if that’s what it is. I feel really bad – I heard her scream ‘Oh Jesus, shut up’, and I feel really horrible if that’s who it is because I heard her struggling."

She said other residents believed the woman had been in her late 20s, with a child about two years old, and that the two were believed to be refugees.

But rumours surrounding the tragedy varied, and with little information coming from the police, residents could only continue to speculate.

"I spoke briefly to an officer downstairs, but she wouldn’t answer my questions," added Amy.

"I said ‘was someone murdered? Should I be scared?’ She said ‘don’t be scared’, but she wouldn’t tell me more.

"It’s very sad. I wish they would tell me something – I just feel like I could have known that my neighbour heeded help."

"All day, that baby cried. It’s sad."

Anyone who has any concerns or information regarding the incident is asked to contact Kent Police quoting 14-0845. Alternatively contact Kent Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.