Dupe - Five Bodies Found in Frederick County Home (MD)

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 18, 2009; 2:54 PM

Five people believed to be members of a single family were found dead this morning in a house in Frederick County, authorities said.

Just after 9 a.m., the county sheriff's office received a call from a relative who reported finding the five bodies in the home, on Washington Street in Middletown, a spokeswoman for the office said.

Cpl. Jennifer Bailey said investigators confirmed the deaths. She declined to say how the five appeared to have died. Authorities were awaiting a search warrant to investigate more closely, she said.

"Family members hadn't seen their loved ones for a few days," she said. "When they went there, they found the family and exited the home and called us."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041801433.html

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[ColbertWatcher]

1. Maybe I'm being dense, but why decline to say how they were killed?

With all the murder-suicides in the news, this story is going to get attention.

Can anyone help me understand why hiding this is a good idea?

[ThirdWorldJohn]

2. And the the need for a search warrant also seems unusual?

[Junkdrawer]

3. I saw the brief press conference. The father shot himself....

The manner of death of the rest of the family is under investigation. Several sustained "slash injuries".

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30281727