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Seven People, Including Three Kids, Mysteriously Found Dead at Home

Police haven’t said how the victims knew each other or how they might have died.

Seven people, including three children, were found dead at a home in Minnesota this weekend—but police say there’s no evidence of forced entry or violence at the scene. According to CNN, family members were carrying out a welfare check at the home in South Moorhead on Saturday night when they discovered the bodies and called for help. The Moorhead Police Department said in a Monday statement that a preliminary autopsy had “ruled out any obvious trauma as the cause of death,” but that blood samples were undergoing “further investigatory examination.” The deceased were identified as Belin Hernandez, 37; Marleny Pinto, 34; Eldor Hernandez Castillo, 32; Mariela Guzman Pinto, 19; Breylin Hernandez, 16; Mike Hernandez, 7; and Marbely Hernandez, 5.

The Kachuol family lives on the same street as the victims, and they spoke to Valley News Live a day after the bodies were found. “I had a really hard time sleeping. All I could think about was them dying. I was trying to figure out how they died, and I was really scared,” said Esther Kachuol. Josiah Kachuol added: “I thought something bad happened to them like murder or something, but I learned it’s an accident. It’s just really heartbreaking.”