A Massachusetts man allegedly murdered his wife and 3 young children and then set his home on fire before killing himself, district attorney says.
A district attorney said “this investigation is complex and ongoing," but there is "overwhelming evidence" the father killed his family, then started the fire.
The bodies of Luke Karpinski, his wife, Justine Wilbur, their 7-year-old twins, Alex and Zoe, and 3-year-old son, Marek, were found in their home in Sheffield in western Massachusetts on March 13. The deaths were ruled a murder-suicide.Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington said in a press release on Monday that investigators found"evidence of accelerant in different parts of the home," including two 20-pound propane tanks on an upper floor.
Wilbur, 41, was found dead on the first floor of the house with a"traumatic injury," the district attorney said. Karpinski, also 41, and his children were found dead on an upper floor.
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