On Thursday afternoon, the bodies of a woman and her 6-year-old daughter were discovered near Dayton. Around 11:45 am, officers from the Dayton Police Department arrived in the 300 block of Burleigh Avenue to assess their wellness.
In the basement of the Burleigh Avenue house, officers discovered a 31-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter dead when they arrived.
Suspect Found Dead After Killing Girlfriend, Daughter
The suspect in the inquiry was discovered near Falkville, Alabama, and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the Associated Press, the suspect, 32-year-old Dante Rashad Hawes of Dayton, Ohio, was discovered dead inside a car on Thursday afternoon.
Falkville, Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn said that the man died by suicide. About 450 miles (724 kilometers) south of Dayton, the car was found just off Interstate 65. According to Chunn, Hawes was suspected of killing his girlfriend and a young daughter. The victims' identities were not released by the authorities right away, and it wasn't known how long they had been deceased, as per myarklamis.com.
Hawes was the 31-year-old victim's boyfriend, Dayton police said on Friday. The owner of the residence on Burleigh Avenue, the suspect's father, apparently requested the welfare check. The previous night, a domestic incident was reported at the same residence, according to Dayton police. Soon after the police departed, the woman and her daughter were shot, according to investigators.
The Dayton Police Department discovered the unharmed suspect's 9-year-old daughter, who was there throughout the double killing. According to the investigators, a disagreement about a gaming system was the cause for the confrontation between the suspect and the woman.
Police Discovered Mom, Child Dead After Responding to 911
The homicide squad was asked to investigate because of the situation inside the house, according to Dayton Police Major Jason Hall. A possible dispute may have taken place at the Burleigh Avenue residence on Wednesday night, the 911 caller informed the dispatcher.
Police were called to that address, according to the dispatcher. Hall stated that DPD will look into any previous calls or issues at the residence. Although he didn't know the residents of the house well, a neighbor who spoke with a news outlet described them as quiet.
According to Dayton Police Maj. Brian Johns, the suspect had been living with his girlfriend for approximately a year and a half. Before leaving the residence at around one in the morning, police had been there for almost an hour. Police didn't make any arrests or submit a complaint at the time, according to Johns.
Per The Sun, Johns added that the suspect had no prior convictions for violent crimes. The investigation is only getting started; but according to Hall, authorities think a gun was used. This kind of issue arising from a welfare check is unusual, according to Hall.
If you have any information, contact the police at 937-333-2677. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Miami Valley Crime Stoppers at 937-222-7867.
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