Carole Harrison, 73, was discovered in her home in leafy Teddington, South West London, following a blaze in the early hours of Wednesday.
Detectives from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating. It is the sixth murder inquiry launched in London in a week and the tenth this month.
The capital has been plagued by bloodshed this year with knife crime and shootings on the rise as cops struggle to deal with the violence.
A surge in drill rap music and moped crime saw London's homicide rate momentarily overtake that of New York.
Smiling at the camera and posing with pals, these are the 100 victims slaughtered in Lawless London this year.
1. Kyall Parnell
The 17-year-old died from a single stab wound to the heart after being attacked in front of horrified New Year's Eve revellers in Tulse Hill, South London.
Kyall was one of four people knifed to death over the New Year period and a murder probe was opened in 2018.
An inquest into his death in January heard how thugs had shouted "stab him, finish him off" before Kyall was killed.
2. Steven Narvaez Jara
Student Steven, 20, had devoted his life to becoming a pilot but his dream was ripped away on New Year's Day when he was knifed to death.
He had been embroiled in a row at a house party in Old Street, North London, and became the first person to be killed in 2018.
Ecuador-born Steven studied physics and aerospace at the University of Herefordshire.
3. Elizabeta Lacatusu
The 20-year-old was stabbed 19 times by jealous ex Genu Armeanu in Redbridge, East London, on January 3.
Her 45-year-old killer, who was convicted of murder in June, committed the horrific act "out of love" after become obsessed with her in the final days of her life.
Mum-of-three Elizabeta died within minutes after being stabbed in the neck and torso, causing serious injuries.
4. Vijay Patel
Shopkeeper Vijay was attacked in a row over Rizla papers in Mill Hill, North London, on January 6.
The 49-year-old had refused to sell the papers to three teenagers before he was punched in the chest outside his shop.
Mr Patel's brother Prakash, 47, said: "He was the greatest man in the world. He died trying to protect the shop."
5. Daniel Frederick
The 34-year-old was stabbed to death in Hackney on January 8 after attending a hospital appointment with his pregnant partner.
Daniel was ambushed as he walked home in an "unprovoked attack".
In a heartbreaking appearance on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire Show, his sister Louise Samuels broke down in tears as she described him lying in intensive care.
She said: "They just had him there pumping in blood…He had a tear that came down his eye and I asked if he was crying and they said 'I don't think so'.
"And then a tear came down again and I said: 'You know that you're going so…don't be afraid to go'."
6. Harry Uzoka
The successful male model, 25, was murdered by a catwalk rival who stabbed him to death with a machete after bragging he slept with his girlfriend.
George Koh, 24, had arranged with a fight with Harry on social media with chilling CCTV footage showing him chasing him down in Shepherd's Bush, West London, on January 11 with two accomplices.
Along with Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo, both 24, the killer took at least three knives, including a machete.
Koh and Dikanda were found guilty of murder while Okigbo was found guilty of manslaughter.
7. Seyed Azim Khan
Dad-of-seven Seyed, 49, was hacked to death with an axe by colleague Imran Muhammed, 30, who had lured him to the offices of A to Z Furniture and Carpets in Ilford.
Muhammed wrapped Mr Khan’s mutilated body in a blanket, before wheeling it for a mile in a Homebase shopping trolley through the streets of Ilford to a nearby cemetery.
Seyed was discovered eight days later hidden in undergrowth.
8. Yaya Mbye
Yaya Mbye, 26, died in hospital after being found collapsed in a children's playground on the George Downing Estate in Stoke Newington, East London, on January 28.
He had been chased through the housing estate by three men and repeatedly stabbed.
Passers-by gave first aid to Mr Mybe before he was rushed to hospital but he was pronounced dead an hour later.
9. Juan Olmos Saca
The 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest in Peckham, south east London, on the January 29 and died a week later in hospital.
10. Khader Saleh
Khader, 25, was knifed at Wormwood Scrubs prison on January 31.
11. Lily-Mai Saint George
The 11-week-old was found unresponsive at an address in Tottenham on January 31 and died at Great Ormond Street Hospital three days later.
A murder investigation was launched on April 16 when a 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of murder.
12. Hassan Ozcan
He was just 19 when he died from multiple stab wounds in Barking, east London, on February 3.
13. Kwabena Nelson
The 22-year-old youth worker from Tottenham, died after being stabbed near his home on February 3.
14. Hannah Leonard
Hannah, 55, was stabbed in a flat in Camden on February 8.
15. Sabri Chibani
The 19-year-old was stabbed in the chest in Streatham, south west London, on February 11.
16. Bulent Kabala
15Bulent, 41, was the first victim to be shot dead after being gunned down on February 12 in Barnet, north London.
17. Saeeda Hussain
Saeeda, 54, was stabbed at a house in Ilford on February 13 and died from her injuries.
18. Lord Promise Nkenda
The 17-year-old was stabbed in Canning Town, east London, on Valentine's Day.
19. Mark Smith
20. Lewis Blackman
The 19-year-old was stabbed in the early hours of February 18 after going to a house party in Kensington. He died outside the former home of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
21. Jozef Boci
22. Rotimi Oshibanjo
The 26-year-old was stabbed in Southall on February 19 and died from his injuries.
23. Sadiq Mohamed
The 20-year-old died after being stabbed in Camden on February 20.
24. Abdikarim Hassan
Abdikarim, 17, a friend of Sadiq, died on the same night after also being stabbed in Camden.
25. Amir Ellouizi
The 24-year-old was shot in Westminster on February 20 and died seven days later on February 27.
26. Michael Boyle
Michael, 44, died from a single stab wound to the chest. He was attacked on 25 February and died in hospital on March 10.
27. Christopher Beaumont
The 42-year-old was stabbed at a house in Hammersmith on March 1.
28, 29, 30. Laura Figueira
Laura, 47, was found dead at her home in Richmond, south west London, on March 5 having suffered stab wounds.
Later the same day, her husband Adelino Figueia de Faria, 57 and two young sons Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, 7, were discovered at the bottom of Beachy Head at Birling Gap, East Sussex, with all three having died from "multiple injuries consistent with falling from a height".
31. Kelva Smith
The 20-year-old died after being stabbed in the stomach in Croydon, south London. Boy, 14 and man, 19, charged with murder.
32. Kelvin Odunuyi
33. Julian Joseph
Julian, 36, died in hospital 11 days after being attacked and suffering a serious head injury on a night bus in New Cross just after midnight of March 13. Kirk Wright, 32, charged with murder.
34. Nikolai Glushkov
35. Joseph William-Torres
Joseph, 20, was shot in a car in in Essex Close, Walthamstow on March 14. Two teens, 15 and 17, charged with murder.
36. Lyndon Davis
Lyndon, 18, stabbed in Chadwell Heath on March 14.
37. Naomi Hersi
Naomi, 36, was found with stab wounds at a hotel near Heathrow Airport on March 16 and was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.
38. Russell Jones
The 23-year-old died after suffering from stab injuries and a gunshot wound in Enfield, north London, on March 17. Two 20-year-olds, both from Enfield, have been charged with his murder.
39. Tyrone Silcott
Tyrone, 41, died after being stabbed in Hackney on March 18.
40. Balbir Johal
The 48-year-old was admitted to hospital with stab wounds after being attacked in Southall on March 19 and died a few hours later.
41. Jermaine Johnson
Jermaine, 41, was stabbed to death an an address in Walthamstow on March 19.
42. Beniamin Pieknyi
The 21-year-old was found with stab wounds at the Stratford shopping centre in East London, on March 20 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
43. Abraham Badru
Abraham, 26, was shot in Dalston on March 25.
44. Wieslaw Kopcynski
The 59-year-old died on March 27th two days after being found lying in bed in Barking with serious head injuries following a suspected assault. A post-mortem found the cause of death was a complex skull fracture
45. David Potter
David, 50, was found dead inside a house in Tooting High Street on March 26 after suffering from stab injuries. Christopher McMahon, 47, charged with his murder.
46. Reece Tshoma
The 23-year-old was stabbed in Plumstead, south east London, on March 29.
47. Leyla Mtumwa
Leyla, 36, was found with stab wounds at a home in Haringey on March 30.
48. Ourania Lambrou
The 80-year-old died in hospital after being pushed to the ground by her attacker in a drunken rage in Camden on March 31. Harry Goodwin-Sims charged with manslaughter.
49. Devoy Stapleton
Devoy , 20, stabbed outside bar in Wandsworth in the early hours of April 1. Billy Botton, 24, charged with his murder.
50. Tanesha Melbourne
Tanesha, 17, was shot in the chest on April 2 after a drive-by shooting in Tottenham, north London.
51. Amaan Shakoor
The 16-year-old was shot dead in Walthamstow, north east London on April 3.
52. Henry Vincent
The career criminal, 37, died after being stabbed in the chest as he burgled Richard Osborn-Brooks' house in Lewisham on April 4. The 78-year-old was initially arrested for murder but cleared of all charges and faces no further action.
53. Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso
The 53-year-old died after fight at a bookmakers in Upper Clapton on April 4 following reports of an altercation with another man.
54. Israel Ogunsola
Israel, 18, died in Hackney after being stabbed, also on April 4. The victim approached police who performed first aid but he died at the scene after 25 minutes.
55. John Maclean
56. Raul Nicolaie
The 26-year-old stabbed to death in Zenith Close, Colindale at 6pm on Sunday, April 15th. Simone Fergus, 34, of Zenith Close charged with his murder.
57. Natasha Hill
The 18-year-old was found dead with head injuries at an address in Sewell Road, Abbey Wood at 4.22am on Sunday April 15. A 32-year-old man who knew Ms Hill was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and bailed to mid-October.
58. Samantha Clarke
Samantha, aged in her 30s, was stabbed to death in Sudbourne Road, Brixton, at 6:30pm on Sunday, April 15th. Jordan Clarke, 21, thought to be her brother, charged with murder appeared in custody at Old Bailey on April 19.
59. Sami Sidhom
Sami, 18, who studied law and history at Queen Mary University, was stabbed in the back just yards from his home in Forest Gate, east London, after going to the West Ham v Stoke game on April 16. No arrests have been made.
60. John Woodward
The 47-year-old was found dead on the roof of the Pressman Mastermelts building in Hatton Garden on April 17. Post-mortem gave cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
61. Aaron Springett
Mr Springett, 32, died after street fight outside bookies in Merton, south west London, after suffering from a blunt force trauma to the chest on April 20. Joseph Otinkoran Ankrah, 31, charged with the murder.
62. Kwasi Anim-Boadu
The 20-year-old was stabbed during a mass brawl in Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, north London, on April 21. A 21-year-old man who had knife wounds to his hands was arrested at the scene and charged with murder.
63. Leon Maxwell
Mr Maxwell, 38, was shot outside Queensbury tube station on May 1. A 26-year-old man also shot went to a north London hospital
64. Rhyhiem Barton
The teenager, 17, was shot dead in broad daylight near his family's flat in Kennington on May 5th
65. Onees Khatoon
The pensioner was murdered at her home in Gade Close, Hayes, on May 13. The 71-year-old's son Majid Butt, 51, has been charged.
66. Rosina Coleman
The 85-year-old was found battered to death by a handyman at her home in Romford on May 15.
67. Abdulrahman Nassor Juma
The 24-year-old, known to friends as Mani, fatally stabbed in the chest in Barking on May 17.
68. Osman Shidane
The 20-year-old was stabbed repeatedly in Ruislip on evening of May 15, died three days later on Friday May 18. A 16-year-old boy charged with murder.
69. Arunesh Thangarajah
The homeless 28-year-old was stabbed to death in Mitcham, south London, in early hours of Sunday May 20th. A 44-year-old man has been charged with his murder.
70. Sophie Cavanagh
Ms Cavanagh was viciously attacked at an address in Bromley around 6pm on Sunday May 20. Murder Squad detectives charged her husband Martin Cavanagh, 34.
71. Marcel Campbell
The dad-of-two, 30, from Tottenham, was fatally stabbed outside an ice cream parlour in Islington on Monday May 21
72. Gerry Gaffney
The 46-year-old died in hospital on May 21st, eight days after being repeatedly stabbed near The Oval cricket ground in south London on Sunday May 14th. A 52-year-old man has been charged
73. Molly Frank
The care worker, 61, suffered fatal head injuries at an Islington residential home on May 24 and died in hospital the next day. A special post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as intra-cerebral haemorrhage. A 95-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder was released under investigation. Scotland Yard said officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident
74. Bethany-Maria Beales
The aspiring actress and singer, 74, fell to her death from the 19th floor of The Heron, a 36-storey residential skyscraper in the City on May 26. City of London police arrested man and woman, both 38, on suspicion of murder
75. Mark Fontaine
The 41-year-old, from Walthamstow, was repeatedly stabbed in Chelsea on May 30. A 14-year-old boy has been charged with his murder.
76. Andra Hilitanu
Seven months pregnant with her third child, the 28-year-old was found stabbed in the neck at her flat in Brent on June 1st. The Romanian national’s family revealed that her unborn child also died. A 43-year-old man has been charged with her murder.
77. Edmond Jonuzi
The 35-year-old Albanian was knifed in park and collapsed near Turnpike Lane station in north London on the evening of Saturday June 9th. A 19-year-old has been charged with his murder.
78. Gitana Matukeviciene
The 50-year-old, originally from Lithuania, was found with multiple injuries at a residential address in Dagenham on Saturday June 9th never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead on Tuesday June 12th. A 52-year-old man has been charged.
79. Mark Tremain
Mr Tremain, 52, died from his injuries on June 14th two weeks after being badly beaten near his home in Albert Square, Stockwell, on May 31
80. Joshua Boadu
Apprentice Joshua Boadu, 23, died in hospital on June 22 – 11 days after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest in Bermondsey. The lift engineer was knifed following an 'altercation' with a gang of youths and spent 11 days at King's Cross Hospital where his family kept a bedside vigil.
Paying tribute, his youngest brother Jeffrey Boadu, 28, said: “I think the key word to describe him is easy going; he wasn’t a life of the party sort of person, he was just quiet and minded his own business, stuck with the same friends."
81. Matthew Thomas
Mr Thomas, 39, died shortly after being found with multiple injuries at a flat in Pimlico on Thursday June 21
82. Slawomir Weglarski
The 39-year-old died after a fight outside a pub in Greenford in the early hours of Saturday June 23
83. Gita Suri
Ms Suri, 56, was found with stab wounds to her back in the garden of a house in Greenwich on Saturday June 23rd. Gary Davies, 50, has been charged with her murder
84. Jordan Douherty
The schoolboy, 15, from Chafford Hundred, stabbed to death after a birthday party in Romford on Saturday June 23
85. Ishak Tacine
The 20-year-old, from Enfield, was repeatedly stabbed in Edmonton following reports of an altercation between men armed with baseball bats on June 27
86. Shuren Ma
Elderly Ms Ma, 72, was found with a fatal head injury at a house in Woolwich on July 1
87. Janek Brakonecki
The Polish national, 57, was found critically injured in a car park off Leytonstone High Road on Saturday July 7th. A man, aged in his 60s was arrested later the same day on suspicion of murder.
88. Katerina Makunova
The teenager, 17, was stabbed to death in a block of flats in Camberwell on Thursday July 12
89. Latwaan Griffiths
Latwaan Griffith, 18, from Southwark, died in hospital hours after being found with stab wounds in Denmark Road, Camberwell on July 26.
He was dumped in the street by a moped rider, who shouted 'help, he's been stabbed' before speeding off.
Members of the public rushed to help Mr Griffith but he died in hospital overnight.
90. Sheila Thomas
The pensioner, 69, was found stabbed to death at her home in Casino Avenue, Herne Hill on Tuesday July 31st. David Thomas, 73, was taken to hospital for treatment for stab wounds before being charged with murder.
91. Sidique Kamara
Drill rapper Sidique Kamara, 23, aka Incognito, stabbed to death in Camberwell in an alleged gang feud on August 1
92. Unknown
Thomas Peter, 50, from Dagenham, has been charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life after woman found dead in east London on Thursday August 2nd.
93. Malik Chattun
The 22-year-old from Surbiton, stabbed to death in group fight in Kingston just after 2am on Aug 5
94. Joel Urhie
Seven-year-old Joel Urhie died in an arson attack on his family home in Adolphus Street, Deptford, just before 3.30am on Tuesday August 7. It is thought his older brother Sam Urhie, who had recently been released from jail, was the intended target of the attack.
95. Simonne Kerr
Simonne Kerr, 31, was fatally stabbed at her home in Battersea, south west London on August 15.
The 31-year-old nurse starred in the B Positive choir, which reached the final of this year's Britain's Got Talent.
Ex-soldier Desmond Sylva will go on trial in the new year accused of murdering his girlfriend Ms Kerr, whose six-year-old son died a couple of years ago.
96. Joseph Cullimore
The 42-year-old died after being repeatedly stabbed at a house in Chingford in the early hours of Friday August 17. A 16-year-old boy has been charged with his murder.
97. Gary Amer
Mr Amer, 63, a plumber of Holborn, found with multiple knife wounds at an address off the Old Kent Road on August 17. William Treadwell, 67, has been charged with his murder.
98. Leroy 'Junior' Edwards
The 66-year-old was found with multiple stab wound at an address in Catford in the early hours of Saturday August 18. A 29-year-old Essex woman has been charged with his murder.
99. Unknown
A 43-year-old woman died after suffering horrific burns in a flat fire in Finsbury Park on July 5. She died in hospital more than a month later on August 21.
A 42-year-old man has been charged in connection with the incident.
100. Carole Harrison
Grandmother Carole Harrison, 73, was found dead inside her house in Teddington, South West London following a blaze in the early hours of Wednesday.
Cops believe the 73-year-old was "assaulted" before the fire – sparking fears she was killed deliberately.
Neighbours said they heard an "explosion" before seeing a firefighter carry her lifeless body out and one of her sons arrive at the scene.
Forensic investigators are today scouring the widow's semi-detached two-storey home for evidence.
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