A family of three Hurricane Katrina evacuees facing eviction were
found dead Friday in their North Texas apartment in what appears to be a double murder-suicide.
I saw this on my local news this evening and it has made me very sad indeed.
The Houston Chronicle, from the AP:
The discovery was made after police were called by the apartment complex to assist in the eviction, Grapevine police Sgt. Todd Dearing said. He didn't know how long the Louisiana family had not been paying rent.
The family was found after police were called in to help with the eviction.
Found with gunshot wounds were a 40-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy. [Police Sgt.] Dearing said police found a shotgun believed to be the weapon.
The article mentions that police were searching for a 16-year old daughter that was not living with the family. I can't find a source for this online, but the newscast I watched said they had located the girl in North Carolina.
Dearing said the family was supposed to be out of the apartment Tuesday, but the complex gave the family a few extra days. The family was receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dearing said.
Apartment management could not be reached for comment.
Unfortunately, as FEMA assistance ends and more folks find their situation unbearable, we might find this happening nationwide, wherever evacuees ended up.