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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The bodies of four people were found inside a home this morning.
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is the sole investigating agency on the scene at 8 Wilderness Court, just off Longwood Drive in the Windsor Forest subdivision.
Authorities are withholding a lot of details in this case until they notify the victims’ next of kin. There was no sign of forced entry at the house, and there is no cause for the public to be alarmed, said sheriff’s spokeswoman MC Moncure.
Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur was called to the scene. So was the county’s animal control division to manage multiple animals, including a horse, that was found alive at home. The horse roamed within the confines of its pen located next to the single family house were investigators concentered their attention.
A worker who had just finished installing a new floor at a nearby home said the sheriff’s office was on the scene as early as 9 a.m. Thursday.
“I’m shocked to see this, ” said Crystal, a passerby who told us she just moved to Windsor Forest from Arizona two months ago.
The neighborhood is filled with single-family homes on large lots.
Update 5:30 p.m.
From the Stafford Sheriff’s office:
The preliminary investigation has determined the incident was a domestic related murder-suicide. The ages of the deceased are a 35-year-old male, a 30-year-old-female, a five-year-old female and an 18-month-old-female.
Additional information will not be released today.
