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		</div><h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Pennsylvania mother-of-two Carola Arnau, decided it was better to end it all than letting her estranged husband take custody of their children</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Arnau, 40, who was in the process of divorcing husband Miguel Arnau, </strong></span><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>ended the bitter custody battle when she shot dead their two young children in their sleep at the family home, Tuesday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>She shot her 10-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son multiple times before ending her own life and setting fire to her home on fire, then putting the gun to her head </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Responding fire fighters </strong></span><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong> Arnau, 40, was found dead along with her daughter and son inside their Strasbourg, Pennsylvania, home Tuesday </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Coroner ruled the mother and children died as a result of double murder-suicide carried out by Arnau, who also killed the family dog </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Before putting a gun to her head, the mother-of-two set several fires inside the family home including the detached garage where</strong></span><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong> Miguel Arnau had been staying on the property </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>The couple had been married 10 years, in Feb Carla had accused 45-year-old Miguel of inappropriate contact with their son, which proved to be unfounded </strong></span></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-197449" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/carola-arnau8.png" alt="Carola Arnau8" width="804" height="556" /><strong>Carola Arnau [photo], shot dead her two children and then herself on Tuesday amid a custody battle</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">An embittered Lancaster County mother to a cleaver to her contentious divorce process Tuesday.<br />
40-year-old Carola Arnau, who was in the process of getting a divorce from husband Miguel Arnau, 45, shot dead her two young children as they slept and then herself before the bodies were found in their burning Strasbourg Pennsylvania home.<br />
Lancaster County coroner, Stephen Diamantoni, ruled the deaths Carola Arnau and her two children a murder-suicide after autopsies Wednesday morning.<br />
Arnau he said, shot her 10-year-old daughter multiple times in the head and her four-year-old son multiple times in the body before shooting herself in the head.</p>
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<strong>First responders survey the torched property in Strasbourg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday morning after getting reports of a fire on a property </strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>Emergency responders entered the home and found the bodies of the mother and children in their beds in a bedroom. Miguel Arnau was not in the detached garage &#8216;home&#8217; when the shooting and arson occurred</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Emergency responders summoned to the Strasburg home at 1433 Village Road at about 3.20am Tuesday found the bodies in their beds in a bedroom. The family dog was also found dead.<br />
The fires in the home were ruled arson. Officials said several fires were deliberately set on the property using an accelerant, including inside a detached garage where Arnau&#8217;s estranged husband, Miguel, had been staying. He was not present on the property at the time of the shootings.<br />
A firearm was found on Carola Arnau, who had legally purchased a gun Monday along with some ammunition which authorities said was accounted for.<br />
District Attorney Craig Stedman told reporters Tuesday that the &#8216;only small comfort&#8217; was that the children appeared to have been shot in their sleep.<br />
&#8216;I tell people, in my job, some days are worse than others, and this is one of the worst, and certainly one of the darkest,&#8217; Stedman added.<br />
Miguel Arnau, had been at work from 10pm the previous evening and was not home at the time of the double murder-suicide.</p>
<h6><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/carola-arnau3.jpg?w=612" alt="Carola Arnau3" width="682" height="514" /><strong>The ME said said the deceased woman shot her 10-year-old daughter multiple times in the head and her four-year-old son, [seen with her in the photo], multiple times in the body as the children slept in their beds </strong></h6>
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<h6 class="container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug"><img class="alignnone wp-image-197452" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/firefighters-were-called-to-the-arnau-familys-home-inc2a0strasburg3.png" alt="Firefighters were called to the Arnau family's home in Strasburg3.png" width="797" height="510" /><strong>The huge fire at the Arnaus&#8217;s home was the result of several fires were deliberately set on the property using an accelerant, police said,</strong><strong> including inside a detached garage where Miguel, had been staying</strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-197450" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/police-investigate-the-arnau-familys-home-inc2a0strasburg1.png" alt="Police investigate the Arnau family's home in Strasburg1.png" width="722" height="520" /><strong> Police Forensic team investigates the scene Carola Arnau and her two young children have been found shot to death with their home found burning under suspicious circumstances</strong></h6>
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<p>Miguel Arnau was cooperating with authorities and Stedman offered his condolences to him.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A neighbor who saw Miguel arrive home after the deadly incident described him to as &#8216;hysterical.&#8217;<br />
Stedman said the couple had been going through ‘somewhat of a bitter divorce’ and the situation had been ‘escalating.’<br />
On February 22, 2016, Carola filed for divorce from Miguel, writing that their 10-year marriage was &#8216;irretrievably broken.&#8217;<br />
A year later, the mother-of-two filed for a protection from abuse order, accusing her husband of &#8216;inappropriate contact&#8217; with their 4-year-old son &#8211; a claim that was ultimately dismissed as unfounded by Children and Youth Services.<br />
Miguel Aranu&#8217;s parental rights were temporally suspended but restored on April 4 when his estranged wife withdrew the protection order.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Miguel Arnau sued for custody of his two children and a judge issued a temporary order granting Miguel shared custody of the children every other weekend and after school until 7pm.<br />
On April 20,Miguel Arnau dropped his complaint, saying he and Carola wished to resolve their custody issues privately.<br />
According to the district attorney&#8217;s office, Carola Arnau had been receiving mental health treatment, and Stedman said authorities were interested in learning about her state of mind from relatives and others.
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Carola Arnau in the middle of bitter custody battle, shot dead her two young children in their sleep, killed family dog, set home on fire and commited suicide
