Intimate Violence Deaths in the News

A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?

Friday, January 13, 2012

Riverdale, GA: Boy, 11, walks home from school and enters scene of murder-suicide scene at his home

RIVERDALE, Ga. — Police say an 11-year-old boy coming home from school walked into a bloody scene where his parents had been killed.

Clayton County police described the deaths of the couple as a murder-suicide. Their bodies were found in their Riverdale home Thursday afternoon.

Police Lt. Tina Daniel tells the Clayton News Daily (http://bit.ly/yK8oJN) that the 11-year-old called 911 after finding a large amount of blood inside the house. Daniel said he did not see the bodies.

Police Lt. Tina Daniel tells the Clayton News Daily that the 11-year-old called 911 after finding a large amount of blood inside the house.

Authorities said the 11-year-old was the couple's oldest child. They also had two younger children.

Daniel said police could not immediately determine a reason for the deaths, but the evidence indicated it was a murder-suicide. Their names were not immediately released.

1 comment:

M G A said...: What psycho would do that for their kid to walk into. Jackasses.; January 13, 2012 at 9:24 PM