A Father Murders His Entire Family

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Authorities are trying to find the reason why a father murdered his entire family last Thursday in a small town in Utah before killing himself.

The four family members and their pet were found lifeless at their Mapleton home last Tuesday after neighbors were surprised that the lights in the house remained off and the car had not moved it in days.

The agents who came to the house after the notice from the neighbors knocked on the door several times, without getting a response, so they manipulated a window to access the interior of the house, in which they found the lifeless bodies of four people. and a dog, according to the local press.

Shortly thereafter, Mapleton Police Chief John Jackson confirmed in a statement in the networks that it was a case of murder and suicide.

According to the authorities' account, Timothy Griffith, 45, fired a firearm at his wife Jessica, 42, stepdaughter Samantha Badel, 16, and son Alexander, 5. He also killed in the same way. the family pet, and then commit suicide.

"Timothy used two weapons and they were both found at the scene," Jackson said in the statement. “It appears that he used one to murder his family and a different one to commit suicide. Investigators have found out that Timothy purchased two firearms [from a local shop] last September.”

Those responsible for the case concluded that it was a case of murder and suicide due to the positions in which the bodies were found, the location of the weapons, the indications of the movements that occurred in the house before the tragedy and forensic examinations.

The family had moved to this small Utah town last July from Switzerland. Timothy Griffith worked for Nestlé, the food multinational based in the Alpine country.