Regular ‘All American family’ of four found dead inside home in apparent murder-suicide at their home in Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania on Thursday night

Paul Swarner, cops said, fatally shot his wife of 10 years and their two children before turning the gun on himself

Paul Swarner, 35, his wife, Karen, 32, and their two young children, Evelyn, 5, and Connor, 1, were discovered by Karen’s father

Family members hadn’t been able to get in contact with couple after speaking to them on Wednesday, so father-in-law made welfare check Thursday night

Family were found in the same room, along with a Ruger .22 handgun, believed to be the weapon used by Paul Swarner

Cops working to uncover motive since there was no history of discord or domestic violence

Karen Swarner and her kids, Evelyn, 5, and Connor, 1, were discovered by her father Thursday night at home after family members hadn’t been able to get in contact with them. Police said her husband Paul murdered his family before shooting himself

A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man ended his 10-year marriage Thursday night, police believe, when he shot dead his wife, their two minor children, five and one, then himself in “ murder-suicide.
Family members who spoke to Paul Swarner and his wife Karen on Wednesday said “there was no what you would consider strife or any type of concern or fear of endangerment or anything like that.”
Local station WTAE, reports that Pennsylvania State Police said Paul Swarner, 35, his wife, Karen Swarner, 32, and their two young children, Evelyn, 5, and Connor, 1, were discovered by Karen’s father at their Ruffsdale home in Westmoreland County on Thursday night, after family members hadn’t been able to get in contact with them.
The mystery deepened as police said neither Paul nor Karen had a criminal history or records of domestic violence before the tragic murder-suicide.

Investigators believe Paul Swarner [left], ended his 10 year marriage when he fatally shot his wife Karen, [right], and their two children before turning the gun on himself, in Ruffsdale, Pa, on Thursday night

Addressing the media on Friday State Trooper Steve Limani said in a press conference Friday, police believe Paul Swarner fatally shot Karen and their two children before turning the gun on himself: ‘It’s unthinkable. It’s unfathomable,’ Limani said.
The family were found in the same room, along with a Ruger .22 handgun, the weapon investigators believe Swarner used to massacre his family and himself.
Family members spoke with the couple on Wednesday had It was a normal conversation. They told authorities that for ‘all intents and purposes, there was not what you would consider strife or any type of concern or fear of endangerment or anything like that.’

Paul and Karen Swarner, along with their kids, Evelyn and Connor, were found dead by Karen’s father Thursday night at their home. Family members spoke with the couple day earlier and “there was no what you would consider strife or any type of concern or fear of endangerment or anything like that.”

The tragedy was discovered by Karen’s father making welfare check Thursday night at their home in Ruffsdale, PA. Neither Paul nor Karen had a criminal history or records of domestic violence before the tragic murder-suicide, police said

Police revealed that they had not found that Paul and Karen had any criminal history or records of domestic violence incidents before the tragic murder-suicide.
“They seem like they had very successful jobs,” Limani shared, adding that it looked like a “very loving household.”
‘Their home was the all-American home. There were toys for the children,’ Limani said adding that
officials will do everything they can to get answers to the family.