Police say family of 4 found dead in California
 

TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) ? Police in Central California said on Friday they found a family of four dead inside a home in what appeared to be a murder-suicide.

Officers made the discovery at the home in Turlock around 10 p.m. Thursday after a family member called to report that the four had not been seen or heard from, Turlock police said.

The victims are a 78-year-old man, his 69-year-old wife, and their two adult sons, aged 39 and 42, Turlock police spokeswoman Mayra Lewis said. She said the bodies were found in various places in the house.

Lewis said a preliminary investigation has determined the four died in a murder-suicide, although it was not immediately clear how they died. She said the four had been dead at least 24 hours before the time they were found.

Police did not release their names. Police said there was no danger to the community.

The Modesto Bee reported (http://bit.ly/Tq7EnU ) that officials working in the home Friday were wearing gas masks and reported the smell of gas in the home.

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Not a lot to do in Turlock

How sad.... I don't understand why people take their families with them when they go.

yeah its real fucked up

Religion. They think they all will be in a better place.

I hope frank and boneprone are some of the new fake nicks. I'll just pretend they are and it will be like old times in my head.

i am a little curious on how this conclusion has been jumped too.. considering another family member noticed within 24 hours and called the cops, the bodies are 'all over the house', and the place smells like gas.

what made them go so far as to say it's a murder suicide, only based on 'preliminary findings'

They probably saw 3 people with gun shot wounds and 1 with self inflicted gun shot wounds.

they work the crime scene. they have tv shows that show you the process

exactly why the news report is so irresponsible, and i hope the family sues when the time comes

if that was the case, they wouldn't even be talking about 'gas' and 'masks'