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Calif. murder-suicide leaves 4 dead


Published: Dec. 31, 2003 at 4:05 PM
RICHMOND, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in the San Francisco Bay-area believe the deaths of four members of a suburban family were the result of a murder-suicide.

Law enforcement officials said Wednesday they were treating the incident as a homicide, however they did not believe anyone else was involved in the killings other than the victims.

The San Francisco Chronicle said the tragedy in the city of Richmond was discovered Tuesday night when the lone survivor, a 10-year-old boy, ran bleeding from a stab wound to a neighbor's house.

The victims who were killed inside included two adults and two small children.



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