Six-Year-Old Girl Discovers Dead Parents’ Bodies in Possible Double Murder-Suicide
- Posted on September 17, 2011 at 5:57pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A neighbor says a 6-year-old girl found the bodies of her parents and live-in baby sitter dead in their home when she returned from school.
The three were discovered Thursday in the Twin Cities suburb of Oakdale. Police say the deaths are being investigated as a double murder-suicide. The couple’s pastor told 5 Eyewitness News that he had been counseling the parents as recently as Tuesday:
Teenage neighbor Brady Hartman tells the Star Tribune the girl came home from school and found the bodies. He says she ran out of her house sobbing and screaming, “Mommy, daddy dead! Mommy, daddy dead!”
Hartman’s mother consoled the girl and called 911.
Police haven’t confirmed the child found the bodies but said the discovery was made by a relative.
They’ve identified the victims as 32-year-old Jaime Velasquez and 28-year-old Cintia Guadalupe Ornelas Bustos and their 43-year-old baby sitter Angela Uscanga Gonzalez.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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bonniegal
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 2:49pmTo STEEV: you wrote: I feel sympathy for her plight, but i also realize that death is important a part of life as life itself is and if she approaches this with that in mind she’ll be better off in the long run.
For the love of almighty God, are you out of your cotton pickin’ mind???? This is a six year old child you are talking about…..are you saying she needs to adopt a “suck it up, buttercup” attitude?
Get a grip!
Report Post »Juliedoesnotgiveup
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:37amLive in babysitter, and the kid comes home by herself? At the tender age of six?? Something is terribly wrong here. My prayers are with the little one.
Report Post »witehous66
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:30pmPerhaps the babysitter did not pick her up because she was dead?
Report Post »pecosval
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 9:35amThey are Hispanic…she wanted to leave…he said “if I can’t have her, noone can”….he shot her, then the babysitter who came to her defense, then himself. This is a very common occurrence where I live in south Tx. Always very sad.
Report Post »Steev
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 11:23pmFrequently i am a bit on the cold side, it’s not due to a lack of compassion – it’s because pragmatism often demands an impartiality. I feel for her – i feel sympathy for her plight, but i also realize that death is important a part of life as life itself is and if she approaches this with that in mind she’ll be better off in the long run. I admit though, i can’t figure why they took the babysitter with them unless there was a crime of passion involved in this !
Report Post »Lover of America
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:01pmShe’s 6 years old, what the hell?
Report Post »g.prunty
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 11:13pmthe poor pastor is putting some blame on himself……..he cannot tell whats in another s mind take no guilt pastor for I think your tried………anyway all in Jesus hands now
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 10:25pmThat poor girl, I can’t even begin to imagine how horrible this is for her. I hope that someone is there to help her out in whatever way possible.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:38amI know a child who walked in and found her mother dead (of natural causes). She’s now grown and still has continual emotional issues, even though she has had the best help available. So sad.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 9:32pmYet another daily dose of 100% self absorbed behavior dealing out horrific consequences to the innocent.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:41pmterribly sad story. i hope this girl has a good guardian to go to.
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:38pmI feel very bad for the kids. I hope the pastor and the congregation will be strong for them.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:02pmGod bless those poor children.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:33pm“People never notice anything.”
Report Post »- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Ch. 2
sissykatz
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:33pmHow horrible for the children. Why would the man feel he would have to kill the babysitter too, I wonder? Now she has 3 children that won’t have a Mother.
Lord have mercy on all these children.
Report Post »carkrueger
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 6:48pmI think the Pastors involved.
Report Post »princeman26
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:19pmReally? Do us all a favor shmuck.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:46pmAllegorically, the Inferno represents the Christian soul seeing sin for what it really is, and the three beasts represent three types of sin: the self-indulgent, the violent, and the malicious.
War in the Middle east is also violence .
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:40pmthat’s sick.
Report Post »DSN397
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 3:16pmWith these three dead the pastor now has time for you, you sound as though you counl use a little counseling.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 6:37pmpoor little kid.
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 6:15pmSuch a sad story. Prayers to the little girl and her family.
Report Post »4GODUSAANDISRAEL
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 5:59pmmy prayers are with this poor child and her siblings. so horrific, just sad.
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