NORTHFIELD, Ohio — A medical examiner in Ohio says murder-suicide is one of the possibilities being looked at in a
that killed a married couple and their two daughters.
The Summit County medical examiner’s chief investigator said Thursday that a ruling could take weeks.
The state fire marshal’s office said Wednesday that investigators determined arson was the cause of the fire and explosion that shook homes throughout the neighborhood southeast of Cleveland.
Authorities say Jeffrey and Cynthia Mather were killed, along with their daughters, 8-year-old Ruthie and 12-year-old Alyson.
The medical examiner’s report says Jeffrey Mather had showed signs of torment recently and was hospitalized briefly in December after taking a rifle to an area park and telling a ranger he was going to shoot himself.
