Family nightmare when parents and their two children are found dead in a house in an expensive Texas suburb
A family of four was found dead in their million-dollar home in suburban Houston after what police said was a suicide bombing.
The unidentified family, a mother, father and two children, were found dead in the River Oaks home.
Houston police said they were called to the address for a welfare check Monday evening shortly after 5:26 p.m.
Police said it was a babysitter and a relative of one of the parents who alerted officers they were concerned after not hearing from the family.
Officers arrived and entered the home and found the family.
The family of four was found at the address in the 2100 block of Kingston Street, seen here
Houston police said they were called to the address Monday evening shortly after 5:26 p.m
ABC News, meanwhile, spoke to neighbors who believed the mother was pregnant
Police believe the incident to be a murder-suicide.
A neighbor told KHOU11, “It’s very sad, I’m shaking for the little kids and the family. We don’t know all the details, but it’s just a tragedy.”
Another neighbor told Click2Houston: ‘I’ve lived in this neighborhood for 19 years and have never seen anything like this. We haven’t had these kinds of tragedies.
‘We don’t have any robberies. We have great officers in this area, but it’s very sad.”
ABC News, meanwhile, spoke to neighbors who believed the mother was pregnant, but police would not confirm that detail at a news conference.
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