- Three children were found dead inside of home in Clinton, Maryland on Friday morning, according to investigators
- In a news conference with reporters police described that the scene inside the home as ‘gruesome’
- Officers who responded and found the bodies have been offered counselling
- Police say they are committed to making and arrest and determinging a motive for the murders
Three children were found dead on Friday morning inside a house in Clinton, Maryland.
The bodies were found by an adult family member who then called the police.
‘We are now in the midst of a major investigation into what happened to these children and who killed them,’ police department spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said to NBC Washington. ‘We have not determined who the person responsible is yet,’ she said.
Prince George’s County police are investigating the deaths of three juveniles who were found in a house by a relative early on Friday morning
The relative discovered all three with ‘trauma to the body’ at the home in a quiet residential neighborhood of single family homes in Clinton, Maryland
Firefighters arrived and pronounced the children dead. They were found to have suffered from ‘trauma to the body,’ Donelan said.
In a news conference with reporters police described that the scene inside the home as ‘gruesome’.
‘This is one of the the most difficult scenes that our officers arrived on,’ Donelan said, adding that the neighborhood where the children were found was quiet.
Police have not made arrests and did not release the children’s ages or their relationships
The children’s names, ages and relation to one another has not yet been explained
Relatives of the victims are being contacted and counseling has even been offered to officers who responded and found the bodies.
An extensive investigation is underway. The police department tweeted that it is committed to ‘make an arrest & determine a motive’ for the murders.