Investigators favored the case of a family suicide after discovering the lifeless bodies of six children and their parents in Broken Arrow (Oklahoma – United States).
A collective suicide?
Broken Arrowa large quiet town on the outskirts of Tulsa (Oklahoma-USA)) is the scene of a terrible drama on Thursday 27 October.
Six children, aged 1 to 13, lost their lives in the fire in their home, he reports The Parisian.
Police have opened a murder investigation as the parents may have been responsible for the deaths in a mass suicide. They were considered the “main suspects”, but another lead was not ruled out by the police: the eight family members were allegedly murdered by a runaway killer.
A great fire
Neighbors alerted firefighters after they saw a fire break out in a house on Hickory Avenue. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and found two dead adults outside the home. Note that the flames were concentrated in a room at the back of the house. While trying to put out the fire, firefighters discovered the lifeless bodies of six children.
A crime scene
The fire chief of Broken Arrow, Jeremy Moore, gave more details during a press conference. “It became obvious to all firefighters on site that this was a crime scene“He explained. According to him, their teams moved to preserve evidence once the initial fire was brought under control. It is unlikely, in his opinion, that the fire was the cause of the deaths of the children. However, autopsies have been requested, but the coroner’s findings have not yet been released.
This is a murder investigation.
“Preliminary reports indicate this is a murder investigation“said Ethan Hutchins, police spokesman for Broken Arrowwithout giving further details.
He pointed out that agents from the United States Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called in to assist investigators. Furthermore, firearms were found in the house but so far there are no indications that they were used.
As for the owner of the house, she confided that she had rented it to this family for 8 years. She did an inspection every year and the last one hadn’t worried her.
Other source: NBC News
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