Three children and a woman were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds at a home in rural northern Kent County Monday afternoon, but authorities don't think that's where the children were shot.
Family members identified the children as 2-year-old Alanah Moore, 6-year-old Cassidy Graham and 8-year-old Kyrie Graham, and the woman as Aubrianne Moore.
The sheriff's department would not confirm the victims' identities pending the completion of autopsies. Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young would also not provide information about their relationships to one another, but family members say Moore was the children's mother.
The sheriff's department said its search of the property indicated there's a second crime scene where at least some of the shootings may have happened, but investigators don't know where that is.
LaJoye-Young said there was no threat to the public and that authorities did not believe a shooter was on the loose. She stopped short of confirming the case was a murder-suicide, saying it was too early in the investigation to make that determination.
However, family members said they believe Moore killed her children and then herself. Moore has a history of mental illness and previously spent time in a mental hospital.
Woman, daughters found dead in northern Kent Co.
Three children and a woman were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds at a home in rural northern Kent County Monday afternoon.
