A Texas father of five killed the mother of his children and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide after the fam...
A Texas father of five killed the mother of his children and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide after the family returned from a Christmas party on Christmas Eve.
Arsenio Gonzalez, 45, and wife Maria, 42, were found dead on the family's front lawn outside their trailer home in Houston at around 1 a.m. Christmas morning, authorities said.
Their five children, ranging in age from seven to 16 years old, were found inside the trailer home on the 5600 block of Daun Street.
Police discovered their mother with significant head trauma and Arsenio with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A gun was recovered a the scene.
'This couple, a man and wife were at a family function earlier. They came home and then this incident occurred, so the investigation is ongoing,' said Sgt. Greg Pinkins of the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
'None of the kids were injured, nor did they witness anything at the time.'
Police investigate outside the Houston home Arsenio Gonzalez, 45, who allegedly fatally assaulted his wife Maria, 42, before turning a gun on himself
Police are describing the incident as a murder-suicide. The Gonzalez family's five children were all found inside their trailer home
Authorities are still investigating what led to the dad's horrific act.
They're currently interviewing family relatives who were at the Christmas Eve function to try and find out a motive or anything that sparked to the incident.
The county has called in Child Protective Services to help the kids and place them with family members.
'Right now, we’re in contact with CPS and we’ll let them determine who they will be released to, probably family members. We’ll continue to do our investigation here and we’ll be talking to family members who were probably at the party to see if we can get some background,' Pinkins said.
County investigators said that the five children, ages seven to 16, were all found unharmed but none had witnessed the fatal incident
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