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Murder/suicide?


Investigators find four bodies, a dog and a handgun in a Kenai field. Police believe them to be the remains of a man, woman, two children and family dog missing for 10 months.

In a shallow depression, just 45 feet off of a wide and well-traveled path, Kenai police found a handgun, the remains of four people and a dog.

Investigators are not saying who owned the gun or if it had been fired, only that they believe the remains to be those of the mother, her two daughters and boyfriend, that they’re investigating the deaths as homicides — and that they have no evidence pointing to another person being involved in the crime.

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/20...ies-a-dog-and-a-handgun-in-a-kenai-field

Murder-suicide is my educated guess.

I don't see how someone not in the family, is going to get an entire family including the family dog to cooperate, and go to a secluded area away from the home and allow themselves to be executed.

I guess one could stage an ambush, but an outsider killing the kids and the dog wouldn't seem to serve any purpose. So that seems unlikely.

A firearm boxin the house has a matching serial# to the gun found.
Looks like murder/suicide so far.

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Most recent press release

Heard this morning that the Alaska ME confirmed the identity of the man and young woman.