Three children whose bodies were found in a lake outside Minneapolis on a holiday weekend were drowned as murderers. Died in. Officials said Tuesday that they had also identified the victims and died in a drowning death by their mother's suicide.
Investigators recovered the bodies of Mollychen and her three children (3, 4, 5 years old) from Lake Vadne on Friday and Saturday. Authorities had previously stated that the dead had been investigated as a triple murder-suicide.
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said on Tuesday that Chen called police on Friday morning and her husband, E Lee, was fatally injured. Maplewood police said social workers had arranged to help Chen and her children, and CBS Minnesotareported her.
That afternoon, one of her relatives in Chen called the police and stated that she had plans to kill her child and herself. rice field.
Maplewood police have warned the entire state that Chen and her children are "trying to find and confirm welfare," CBS Minnesota reported. Law enforcement agencies were able to track her cell phone in Chen and placed her in the area of Vadne-Soccer Lake Park around 5:45 pm.
Her agent had a few pairs of children's shoes and car keys on the eastern shore of the lake.
Ramsey County medical inspectors have determined that drowning and suffocation are the causes of the deaths of 4-year-old Quadrilionly and 3-year-old Estella Zoo Sheabury. The death of 5-year-old Phoenix Lee was caused by drowning.
If you or anyone you know is at risk of mental distress or suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). please give me.
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