Seven bodies found in home, police say
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- *NEW:* Police believe man killed five children and their mother, then
took own life
- *NEW:* Five dead children included two sets of twins: one set age 5,
the other age 2
- *NEW:* "There is no current threat to the community," police say
- Slayings occur in home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington
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*LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)* -- The bodies of five children and two
adults were found Tuesday in a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of
Wilmington, and authorities are investigating the case as a murder-suicide,
police told CNN.
[image: The bodies were found inside this home in the Los Angeles suburb of
Wilmington.]
The bodies were found inside this home in the Los Angeles suburb of
Wilmington.
Among the dead were an 8-year-old girl and two sets of twins: 5-year-old
girls and 2-year-old boys, authorities said.
"There is no reason to believe this is anything other than a
murder-suicide," Lt. John Romero said. "There is no current threat to the
community, no active search for a suspect."
The children's father is believed to have killed the children and their
mother before calling 911 and contacting a local television station, KABC,
by fax. He told dispatchers he found his family dead but told the station he
had killed them, said Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner.
In the faxed note to KABC, the man said he was despondent over an employment
situation, police said.
The fax is signed Ervin Anthony Lapoe, police confirmed. But the coroner's
office has not identified the male body found in the home.
A note was also found in the home, Garner said. He would not divulge details
but said it could be described as a suicide note.
Authorities said at an afternoon briefing that a community meeting would be
held Tuesday afternoon at a local church.
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