3 Children, Woman Found Dead Inside Central MA Home

WEST BROOKFIELD, MA— Three small children and a woman were found dead inside a West Brookfield home on Thursday, and Friday the home was cordoned off as investigators pieced together just what happened.

Worcester District Attorney Joe Early Jr. told reporters that police were called to the home at 10 Old Warren Road for a "well-being check" Thursday afternoon.

Instead of a lively family, police found what they descirbed as a "disturbing scene" that included the four bodies with burns , WCVB reported. But investigators did not release how everyone died.

The children were ages 2, 5 and 7. The two youngest were boys and the oldest was a girl.

Rachaul Bermudez told the Boston Globe that Moses Bermudez had tried repeatedly to call his wife from California, and ultimately asked his father to go over to the house to check. He called 911 and police found Sara Bermudez and the three children dead inside, their bodies burned, with several fires that had burned out around the home.

“At this time, we are treating the deaths as suspicious,” Early said at news conference Thursday night.

The Massachusetts Fire Marshal's Office said it was at the home investigating with West Brookfield police, Massachusetts State Police and Hardwick police, according to NBC10 Boston.

Two of the children were reportedly students at the West Brookfield Elementary School. The superintendent of the Quaboag Regional School District addressed the situation on the schools' Facebook page, attempting to reassure the community. "There is no cause for alarm," he wrote. Classes were on a normal schedule Friday, he said.

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