A man in Utah, USA, identified as Michael Haight, has killed his five children, mother-in-law, wife and himself, two weeks after his wife filed for divorce.
Newsbreak.ng reports that during a Thursday press conference, Enoch Police Chief, Jackson Ames, stated that officers had been involved in investigations involving the 42-year-old man and his family a “couple of years prior” to the time of the incident.
The deceased were well-known in the town.
Court records show that 40-year-old Haight’s wife, Tausha filed for divorce from her husband on December 21, 2022.
Her lawyer said on Thursday that Haight had been served with the divorce papers on December 27, 2022.
Mayor Geoffrey Chesnut said that Haight and other members of the family were seen the night before the killings at a church group for young women.
City officials said police were dispatched to the family’s home Wednesday afternoon for a welfare check after someone reported that Tausha Height had missed an appointment earlier in the week.
The victims were found inside the house dead from gunshot injuries.
The children ranged in age from 4 to 17 comprising three girls and two boys, authorities said. The other victim was Tausha Haight’s 78-year-old mother, Gail Earl.
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