Murder, suicide suspected in death of 4

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November 09, 2009 7:52 AM

The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — A welfare check on a family in San Jacinto County led to the discovery of four bodies in an apparent triple murder and a suicide.

Sheriff James Walters on Monday said it appears the suspected gunman ``might have been off his medication.'' Walters declined to elaborate.

Walters told The Associated Press that the bodies of the suspect's girlfriend, her 7-year-old daughter, an additional woman and a man were found Saturday night.

Walters says it appears the man killed the trio, then himself at a house in a rural area about 15 miles northwest of Cleveland, Texas.

Names of the victims were not immediately released by the sheriff.

The site is about 55 miles north of Houston.

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