Crime & Safety
4 Family Members Identified By Coroner In Quadruple Homicide
Authorities have released the names of four people found dead inside a Santa Rosa residence.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Four people found dead last week in a Santa Rosa residence were identified as family members Tuesday by the Sonoma County Sherriff Coroner's Office.
The bodies of Clive Guth, 67, his ex-wife, Donna Guth, 67, and their two children, daughter Raena Guth, 33, and son Cameron Guth, 28, were discovered around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at a residence in the 200 block of Monarch Court.
Police said the boyfriend of one of the deceased people requested a welfare check at the residence after he did not hear from the victim for a couple of days.
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The bodies were located in different parts of the house on Monarch Court, a cul de sac in a mobile home park north of state Highway 12 and west of U.S. Highway 101.
Each suffered significant gunshot wounds, police said.
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A handgun was found near one of the bodies.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the deaths were still under investigation this week.
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