UPDATE: A 23-year-old homeless man has been charged with the double murder of Stourbridge mum and son, Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson.
Aaron Barley, of no fixed abode, has also been charged with the attempted murder of husband and dad Peter Wilkinson following Thursday's stabbing.
Mr Wilkinson, 47, wife Tracey, 50, and 13-year-old Pierce were subjected to a knife attack at the family home in Greyhound Lane, Norton.

A FAMILY who were brutally stabbed in their own home were "Good Samaritans" with "hearts of gold" who had given refuge to a homeless man, it has emerged.

Mrs Wilkinson was pronounced dead inside the £440,000 detached property in Stourbridge, and Pierce later died in hospital.

Company director Mr Wilkinson remained in a critical but stable condition in hospital today as a 20-year-old man was quizzed on suspicion of wounding and murder.

Police confirmed the suspect was known to the family but was not a relative and detectives were pursuing whether he had been homeless as a "line of questioning".

Regulars at their local pub the New Inn described the couple as a "very charitable".

One local, who didn't want to be named, said: "They were a lovely family. It is just awful what's happened.

"They had two children who were a credit to them.

"I've seen Peter with Pierce in the Greyhound pub near their house playing pool.

"But Peter and Tracey also drank at the New Inn.

"They were well known and liked by everyone. No one had a bad word to say about them.

"They were a very charitable couple, they were Good Samaritans and Tracey had a heart of gold."

Yesterday well-wishers continued to leave floral tributes outside the family home on leafy Greyhound Lane.

Friends of Pierce who laid tributes on their way to school with their parents were too upset to comment.

One message read: "Rest in peace Tracey and Pierce.

"Praying for Peter's recovery.

"Thoughts with Lydia and the rest of the family.

"Love Beth and family."

Another message scrawled in children's handwriting on a bouquet of flowers said: "To my friend Pierce RIP."

Another read: "A lovely family, they will be deeply missed.

"Our thoughts, prayers are with you at this very sad time.

"Love from Nina and family."

Local Tory councillor Colin Elcock said: "I came down because I heard something terrible had happened from a colleague, but it wasn't until I got here that I realised how terrible.

"I had only been with Tracey last week at a ward meeting where she was, as always, very supportive of me.

"They were a lovely couple. Peter was a businessman, and used to travel a lot to the USA and Europe with his job.

"But both he and Tracey helped me deliver pamphlets for the mayoral elections."