Michigan authorities say mother likely died before children in family murder-suicide
On August 1, Ottawa County officials said evidence indicates that the mother, Mandy Karolkiewicz, was shot and died before her six children in the July 24 murder-suicide at a Grand Haven Township home. Police earlier reported that the 47-year-old father, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, shot his wife and children, set the house ablaze and then took his own life, a sequence confirmed by multiple news reports.