Centerville, Texas — Five family members believed to have been killed by an escaped inmate in their Texas vacation home last week were fatally shot and stabbed, cause of death reports show.
Four children and their grandfather were found murdered at the family's ranch in Centerville, located between Dallas and Houston, on June 2 after a relative contacted law enforcement to do a welfare check, authorities said.
All five victims were shot and had stab wounds or sharp force injuries, cause of death records released this week show. Mark Collins' injuries included a shotgun wound to the abdomen, his report noted. "These precious people who loved and were loved by so many will never be forgotten," the Collins family said in a statement last week."The impact on their family and friends cannot be overstated."
"I was honored to sit with the family last night and this morning again for several hours and the characteristic that continued to jump out was unrelenting faith," Steve Bezner, a senior pastor at Houston Northwest Church, told reporters during a press briefing last week at the church."They did not understand -- why none of us can understand why. But they continue to say we trust that God is good. And we know that he is with us in the midst of these circumstances.
Investigators were seen at the ranch on Thursday. Further information on the case is not being released at this time, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, which is leading the investigation, told ABC News.
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