LEWIS SHOOTING UPDATE Lewis County Authorities Say Mother Killed Two Children, Committed Suicide
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Dec. 20, 2012 11:36 AM EST
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Alum Bridge
, Lewis County
, West Virginia
Lewis County authorities say a woman found dead in a barn more than a month ago shot and killed her two children before committing suicide.
Sheriff's Deputy Robert Ryan tells media outlets that's the conclusion of his investigation into the deaths of 32-year-old Beth Ann Kraus and her children, 3-year-old Kiera and 5-year-old Kaden.
Doug Kraus found the bodies of his wife and children Nov. 12 in a burned-out barn near Alum Bridge after returning from a night shift at his job.
Investigators were suspicious because the barn had no utilities.
Autopsies by the state medical examiner's office later showed all three had died of gunshot wounds.
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