Dated feb 3.
The Sheriffs' version:
http://sheriff.co.calaveras.ca.us/P...Children then Himself in a Murder-Suicide.pdf
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A Murphys man identified as Phillip Marshall (54) took the life of his two juvenile children before taking his own life in an apparent murder-suicide. On February 2, 2013 at 3:10 pm Calaveras Sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence on the 1200 block of Sandalwood Drive in the Forest Meadows subdivision, Murphys, for a suspicious circumstance/welfare check. The reporting parties, who are friends of the two victims, told investigators that they had not heard from the victims since Thursday,
They also discovered the family dog deceased in a bedroom.
The reason for the murder-suicide is unknown at this time.
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Questions:
Time of death still being determined. When was the "official time of death" determined to have been Saturday when the bodies were found? Did the Union Democrat (see below) get that information from the Sheriffs' Dept.?
Not heard from since Thursday, [other sources report they missed school Friday as well].
Sleeping on couch theory not explained, bedding, pillows, or what?.
"A bedroom" (not "THE bedroom" as some reports on the net have it, implying the kids did have their own bedrooms.
The reason for calling it a murder-suicide is not explained (parafin test? ballisitcs?)What evidence at the scene was used to make this determination?
Dated feb 4.
http://sheriff.co.calaveras.ca.us/Portals/sheriff/Press/2013/Update-Correction_on_Murder-Suicide.pdf
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On February 2, 2013 Calaveras County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators investigated
a double murder-suicide that occurred at a residence on the 1200 block of Sandalwood
Drive in the Forest Meadows subdivision, Murphys.
It was further determined that Phillip Marshall’s son and daughter, Alex Marshall (17)
and Macaila Marshall (14), were asleep on the couch at the time they were shot. Foul
play by outside persons has been ruled out, and evidence at the scene confirmed that
Phillip Marshall was the shooter. The time of death is still being examined
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Questions:
Foul play by other persons has been ruled out? How was it ruled out? Finding evidence
at the scene is not the same as doing ballistics and paraffin tests.
What evidence was found at the scene? What evidence was there that the children were
sleeping? How did the Sheriffs get into the house? Was the house locked?
At this time they are still saying the time of death is being examined.
Feb 5.
from the Guardian UK.
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John Brennan, Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, will come under renewed pressure at his confirmation hearing on Thursday to justify the targeted killing of US citizens in drone strikes, following the leak of a secret summary of the White House rationale for one its most controversial policies.
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It is now Feb 13 and there are no new updates at the sheriffs dept.
On Feb 6 the Union Democrat reports:
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The time of the discovery, 3 p.m. Saturday, will be listed as the official time of death.
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http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/More-murder-suicide-details
Now this is highly problematic in that the kids were then "sleeping on the couch" instead
of in their own rooms on a Saturday, which is not unusual. But if they were killed on
Thursday, they they were "sleeping in the living room" on a school night.
Did they often sleep in the living room on school nights? Were they allowed to sleep in
their own rooms at all?
The mother was in Turkey when she was notified of the deaths, according to several source
on the internet. Who had legal custody of the children?
Does the accused have a right to a fair trial? Witnesses for his defense (i.e., paraffin and ballistics tests, just to make sure)?
Why the dual "time of death" confusion? Will the time of death become more clear or less clear as more time passes?