Police not looking for anyone else after finding family, including five children, dead at home
Christmas decorations still adorn the door of the home in Enoch, Utah, where people were found shot dead, as a law enforcement official prepares to enter.Christmas decorations still adorn the door of the home in Enoch, Utah, where people were found shot dead, as a law enforcement official prepares to enter.Last modified on Thu 5 Jan 2023 15.25 GMT
Eight members of the same family, including five children, have been found dead from gunshot wounds in a house in southernThe victims were found by police who came to check on their welfare, according to a statement by city officials in Enoch, a town of about 8,000 people 245 miles south of Salt Lake City.Rob Dotson, the Enoch city manager, said the community was reeling and that the family was well known in the town.
“Many of us have served with them in church, in the community and had gone to school with these individuals,” Dotson said on Wednesday night. “This community at this time is hurting. They are feeling loss, they’re feeling pain and they have a lot of questions.
Welfare checks based on calls to the police department like the one that led them to the residence where the bodies were found are routine when individuals are not seen for extended periods of time, Dotson said. The five children attended schools in the Iron county school district, officials said in a letter sent to parents., just north of the city of Cedar City and about 80 miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park, had major flooding in 2021 that caused damage at hundreds of homes.
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