McMINNVILLE,
Ore. — Six members of an Oregon
family were found shot to death in their home in what investigators say
appeared to be a multiple murder-suicide.
Sheriff's deputies were in the vicinity on an unrelated
incident Thursday night when neighbors approached them to express concern about
the family, who had not been seen for about two weeks.
When they investigated, they spotted what appeared to be
a body inside the house near McMinnville, located about 30 miles southwest of
Portland, according to the district attorney's office. When they got into the
house, they found five more bodies.
Dead were Robert Arlie Bryant,
37; his wife, Janet Ellen Bryant, 37; and their four children: Clayton, 15;
Ethan, 12; Ashley, 10; and Alyssa, 9.
Evidence at the scene suggested that Robert Bryant, a
self-employed landscaper, shot and killed his wife and
children before shooting himself, the district attorney's office said.
Investigators said Friday they did not know the motive behind the shootings.
The Bryant family moved to the McMinnville area, the
center of Oregon wine-making, last summer
Friday, March 15, 2002
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