Man Kills Estranged Wife, 4-Year-Old Daughter, & Mother-In-Law In Murder-Suicide Amid Divorce

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Multiple members of a family are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in a northwest area of Harris County near Houston, Texas.

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, who first reported on the tragedy on Thursday, law enforcement officers responded to the scene of an apartment complex in the northwestern portion of the south Texas county.

Once there, they discovered “four persons confirmed deceased inside,” according to a press release published by the government office. Related: Missing Teen’s Remains Found After 13 Years; Suspect Is Charged With Rape And Murder The HCSO, which first altered the public to the tragedy on their official Facebook page, noted that “a pistol” was recovered at the scene of the incident.

Along with it, early investigative work into the deaths is looking into the possibility that it is a murder-suicide related to an ongoing contentious divorce between a man and woman.