Ottawa police investigate murder-suicide after two boys die

Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after two young boys were found dead in a south Ottawa home on Monday, June 29, and their father was discovered deceased in a burned vehicle south of the city earlier the same day.

Officers responded to a residence on Mandevilla Crescent in the Findlay Creek area around 10 a.m. after a concerned individual requested a wellness check. Inside the home, police located the bodies of two boys. Authorities have stated the children's ages as seven and 12, though some initial reports listed the older child as 10. Their identities are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The investigation expanded to include two other scenes secured by the Ontario Provincial Police. The first was a vehicle fire reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. at a carpool lot in Kemptville, located near Highway 416 and Rideau River Road. The body of an adult male found in that vehicle was identified by police as the children's father. The second scene is a business in Iroquois, Ontario, where a fire was reported Monday morning. Investigators are working to determine the connections between these incidents.

At an afternoon news conference, Ottawa Police...