Tragedy in the United States, police find 8 dead in a burned house suspected of murder

The preliminary reports are that this will be a murder investigation”, said Ethan Hutchins, the local police spokesman. “We are still focused on the fire and we also investigate what happened to these victims. ”

He refused to comment on any search for a suspect, but said authorities did not believe there was an immediate threat to the public. Agents from the American Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire Arms and Explosives were called in to assist in the investigation, Hutchins said, calling it a complex scene, reports Guardian.

Catelin Powers said she was driving with her children when she saw a column of smoke near her house, so she left to investigate.

When I approached the house, I saw smoke coming out of the upper part of the house, which probably looked like at”, she told the Associated Press.

Two men and a woman on her phone were standing in front of the house, said Pawers, when another man came out of the front door dragging a seemingly unconscious woman and failing to respond. Her arms were hanging on her sides, she said. Suspecting that the woman was dead, Pawers said she went on by car so her children wouldn't see her. /abcnews. al