An Oregon mother and her three young children were found dead inside a home Tuesday afternoon, Washington County authorities said.
The bodies of the 37-year-old woman and her three children, ages 7, 5, and 2, were discovered inside a Cornelius building attached to a home at about 3 p.m. by a person who alerted police.
“This is a pretty tragic event,’ said a visibly upset Deputy David Huey. “This is a small community between Cornelius and North Plains, and it’s going to hit them hard.”
The victims’ cause and manner of death remain unknown. No arrests were made in connection to the incident.
“Nobody ever really knew them in the sense that we didn’t speak the same language,” a next-door neighbor said of the family.
“So any kind of communication was not available. However, seeing the kids happily playing and every now and then they come down the driveway, the mom taking them to school back and forth every day. It seemed like a very nice routine.”
