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Five Identified in Murder-Suicide

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PRICES CORNER, Del. (AP) - Authorities are identifying members of a family of five found fatally shot at a home in Delaware and have ruled the deaths a murder-suicide.

Delaware State Police identified the parents in a news release as 42-year-old Matthew Edwards and his wife, 41 year-old Julie Edwards. Police did not release the children's names, but said they included a 4-year-old girl and two boys, 6 and 3 years old, respectively.

Police say troopers called to the home Monday night found all five dead in the home from apparent gunshot wounds and Matthew Edwards had a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The bodies were turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science and their deaths were ruled murder and suicide by gunshot.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.