A family of six, including four children between the ages of 11 months and 4 years old, have been dead in the back of an SUV parked in the garage of a San Antonio home, policed confirmed.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said the smell of carbon dioxide was so strong when officers arrived that it “kind of blew everybody back out the door.” He said police had gone to the house for a welfare check requested by the husband’s employer, who had been unable to reach him.
The Officers at one point suspected the house was potentially rigged with explosives but found none, McManus said. Two cats were also found dead in the front seat of the SUV.
“It’s the whole picture. The adults, the children, the pets,” McManus stated. “Saying it’s not pretty, there’s no words to describe that.”
He said there was evidence, “it was not an accident,” and he did not suggest that anyone outside the family was involved. He said the parents were in their 30s but did not disclose their names.