In a tragic, heartbreaking story, a Pennsylvania man bought a gun one day
after police responded to a domestic dispute at his home and used it
less than three weeks later to kill his wife, his three children, and
then himself, authorities said.
Megan Short, 33, told police she was afraid of her husband when they
came to her home July 18, investigators revealed Monday, and was in the
process of moving out but never made it to her new home.
Police found the bodies of Mark Short, 40, his wife, and three
children, 8-year-old Lianna, 5-year-old Mark Jr., and 2-year-old Willow
on Aug. 6, the same day Megan Short and her children were supposed to
move to their new house, in the family’s living room in Sinking Spring,
about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Mark Short was allegedly
supposed to rent a moving van to help with the move.
The three children — whom Mark Short had taken to an amusement park
just a day earlier for an employer-sponsored family day — were still in
their pajamas. The family dog was also killed. Police discovered them after breaking into the Sinking Springs home
to check on the family after Megan Short’s mother reported that her
daughter had failed to show for a lunch date. Relatives were left
awaiting Megan Short’s arrival at her new home.
Investigators found a handwritten murder-suicide note on the dining
room table and a handgun near Mark Short, and an autopsy concluded
Short’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted. Short appeared to have written
the letter after he killed his family, acknowledging having bought the
gun and using it to commit the murders, authorities said. But they
declined to provide further details of what was in the letter.
Monday, 22 August 2016
Tragic: Man Shoots Wife,Three Children,Dog And Then Himself
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