Parents, child found dead in suspected Pennsylvania double murder-suicide, police say

MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two adults and a baby have been discovered lifeless Monday in an obvious double murder-suicide at a house in Chester County, Pennsylvania, police confirmed.

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In accordance with KYW-TV, officers with the East Marlborough Township Police Division carried out a welfare examine on a Kennett Sq. residence simply after 8 a.m. and made the grisly discovery.

Police confirmed to WTFX-TV {that a} 55-year-old man, a 50-year-old girl and a 12-year-old have been discovered shot to demise, however the victims haven’t but been recognized publicly. Police additionally discovered a number of spent shell casings and a semi-automatic handgun within the residence.

“The lack of three lives, I imply, it’s a tragedy that there are actually no phrases to explain,” Dr. Dolly Wideman-Scott, chief government officer of the Home Violence Middle of Chester County, instructed KYW-TV.

Investigators decided that there had been a historical past of home violence on the residence, each TV stations reported.

In the meantime, Chester County District Lawyer Deb Ryan, in a ready assertion, known as the deaths an “inconceivable tragedy for the victims’ household, their family members and our group.”

“You might have my deepest sympathy. We’ll use all our assets to find out why this heartbreaking and mindless incident occurred,” she added.

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