The Daily Populous Friday May 10th, 2024 morning edition
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Three children, ages 9 to 13, were killed in what police believe is a murder-suicide after their mother agreed to let an ex-partner take them to get something to eat, officials in Georgia said.

A police officer patrolling Lucky Shoals Park in Gwinnett County, about 20 miles northeast of Atlanta, discovered the bodies of a man and three children shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday in a vehicle parked on a walking trail.

Gwinnett County police identified the children as Arianny Rodriguez, 13, Chadal Rodriguez, 11, and Carlos Rodriguez, 9.

The suspect was identified as Jose Plasencia, 56, who was previously in a relationship with the children's mother.

Three children and their mother's ex-partner were found killed in a suspected murder-suicide at Lucky Shoals Park in Tucker, Ga., on May 8, 2024. Gwinnett County Police

Police said the mother was at the hospital because another one of her children had an unrelated injury. Plasencia was the father of the injured child, police said, and had met the mother and the children at the hospital.

"After some time the mother agreed to let the three children go with the suspect to grab a bite to eat while she remained at the hospital," police said in a statement on Facebook.

Gwinnett County Police Sgt. Michele Pihera called the incident a tragedy.

"Our officers are going to step aside and ... do the job to the fullest and make sure that they investigate this as if it were any other homicide. And try to, at least, bring some conclusion to the families who may be involved," Pihera told NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta.

rem_1984 on May 9th, 2024 at 22:22 UTC »

God damn. Horrific. I remember one time my mum let my dad take me and my sibling out alone after not seeing him for a year. It was good until I didn’t recognize where we were, I was scared he was taking us out the city to kill us. Once I recognized where we were again and i felt horrible for even thinking he’d do that.

I was the same age as the oldest, and my heart breaks because they probably knew it was happening. God damn.

Azozel on May 9th, 2024 at 21:11 UTC »

I wish people like this would take their plans and skip to the end instead of taking other people with them.

Mega_Dunsparce on May 9th, 2024 at 20:50 UTC »

> Three children, aged 9 to 13, were killed in what police believe is a murder-suicide after their mother agreed to let an ex-partner take them to get something to eat, officials in Georgia said.

Can't imagine how the mother feels. Family annihilation is such a wretched thing