Utah family found dead - A couple and their three small children who were found dead at their Utah home last month may have been poisoned, according to local officials.
Police say the bodies were discovered locked in the master bedroom of the Springville residence of the Utah family found dead. The bodies each reportedly had a cup next to them. Empty bottles of methadone and nighttime cold medicine were found in the trash can. An unidentified red substance was also found in Pepsi cups.
Investigators are still looking into who or what may have lead to demise of the Utah family found dead. Although toxicology results are not yet confirmed the causes of death, police think the Utah family found dead may have been poisoned.
Springville investigators came to the conclusion after obtaining warrants to search the home of the Utah family found dead on Wednesday.
"It is probable that these deaths were not accidental or natural in any way," Detective Jeffrey Ellsworth wrote in the search warrant affidavit.
The bodies of the parents, Benjamin and Kristi Strack, were found lying in their room with their children, who were aged between 11 and 14, lying next to them.
The children were reportedly tucked in, with their beddings up to their necks, while their mother Kristi Strack had red fluid dripping from her mouth.
The police say some of the bodies of the Utah family found dead may have been moved into positioned post mortem.
"Furthermore, with the placement of the bodies, it would appear somebody had to position the bodies after they were deceased," detective Jeffery Ellsworth statement read.
The police were alerted to the Utah family found dead by their eldest son Janson and Kristi Strack's mother.
Investigators reportedly found two boxes of allergy medicine, a pitcher of red juice, a bag of marijuana and a purple bucket with yellow liquid inside the homes of the Utah family found dead. Sleeping pills and several other medications were also discovered.
"We are shocked and heart broken by the sudden loss of so many members of our family," a statement issued by 18-years-old Janson and his uncle Bob McGee said.
They said the Utah family found dead is an incident that is "difficult to understand, even harder to come to terms with. And no words can adequately describe our feeling of grief and sorrow".
Investigators say it is unlikely that the Utah family found dead in their home were violently attacked.
"Preliminary autopsy results for the family of five who were found dead in their home have ruled out any sort of violent assault," a Springville police statement noted.
The Utah family found dead have been identified as Benjamin Strack, 37, his wife, Kristi, 36, and their children; Benson, 14, Emery, 12, and Zion, 11.
Very little information has so far been released about the Utah family found dead. But Courts records reveal that Benjamin and Kristi Strack both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forgery charges in 2008 and for disorderly conduct in 2009.
