Authorities in New Hampshire have determined that a woman found dead along with her husband and two of their three children turned the gun on herself after killing her family.
New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announced in a press release that after autopsies were performed on 48-year-old Ryan Long, 34-year-old Emily Long, 8-year-old Parker Long, and 6-year-old Ryan Long, it was concluded that Emily Long's manner of death was suicide . The other deceased members of her family died as a result of homicide, all of gunshot wounds at the hands of Emily Long. A third child, a 3-year-old boy, was found in the home unharmed.
Several outlets have reported that Ryan Long, who had been a school psychologist at a local middle school, had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Emil