Investigators have released the identities of four family members, including two children, who were found dead at a Seacoast home Monday night, authorities said.The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said when state troopers arrived at the scene of the home on Moharimet Drive in Madbury at 8:21 p.m., they found the bodies of four family members. Officials identified the victims as Emily Long, 34; Ryan Long, 48; their son Parker, 8; and their daughter Ryan, 6.>> Subscribe to WMUR’s YouTube channel <<A third child, a toddler, was also found alive and unharmed in the house. Authorities said the toddler is now with family. Each of the deceased family members appears to have suffered gunshot wounds, and all four were pronounced dead at the scene.Detectives are investigating this event as a possible murder-suicide.”I think investigators still have probably more questions than they have answers,” said Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati. “One of the biggest questions they have right now is motive. Why? And I think that’s probably one of the more difficult things that they are trying to grasp, to understand how this came to be and to be able to be more definitive and to understand what the sequence of events was like inside that house.”>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<Madbury is two miles north of the University of New Hampshire in Durham and 15 miles west of Portsmouth. As the investigation began, police officers could be seen going in and out of the home, and at least six police cruisers were in the area.”When (police) got there, they made contact with the two 911 callers and were able to make entry into the house,” Agati said.Investigators said the 911 callers are known to the family, but they did not describe their relationship.>> Drone footage shows crime scene around home:The attorney general’s office said autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday. Investigators said there is no known threat to the public. >> See raw video from the crime scene Monday night:
Investigators have released the identities of four family members, including two children, who were found dead at a Seacoast home Monday night, authorities said.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said when state troopers arrived at the scene of the home on Moharimet Drive in Madbury at 8:21 p.m., they found the bodies of four family members.
Officials identified the victims as Emily Long, 34; Ryan Long, 48; their son Parker, 8; and their daughter Ryan, 6.
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A third child, a toddler, was also found alive and unharmed in the house. Authorities said the toddler is now with family.
Each of the deceased family members appears to have suffered gunshot wounds, and all four were pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives are investigating this event as a possible murder-suicide.
“I think investigators still have probably more questions than they have answers,” said Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati. “One of the biggest questions they have right now is motive. Why? And I think that’s probably one of the more difficult things that they are trying to grasp, to understand how this came to be and to be able to be more definitive and to understand what the sequence of events was like inside that house.”
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<
Madbury is two miles north of the University of New Hampshire in Durham and 15 miles west of Portsmouth.
As the investigation began, police officers could be seen going in and out of the home, and at least six police cruisers were in the area.
“When (police) got there, they made contact with the two 911 callers and were able to make entry into the house,” Agati said.
Investigators said the 911 callers are known to the family, but they did not describe their relationship.
>> Drone footage shows crime scene around home:
The attorney general’s office said autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday.
Investigators said there is no known threat to the public.
>> See raw video from the crime scene Monday night:
