One teen, three adults die in suspected murder-suicide in Missouri Ozarks

Four people in a rural Missouri Ozarks home were found dead Monday night after a neighbor saw a body in the home and called authorities. The sheriff's office there says it's now investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.

All four died from gunshot wounds.

The Stone County, Mo., Sheriff's Office identified the victims in a Facebook post Tuesday.

Among the four dead was a high school senior, 17-year-old Daniel L. Gibson, who moved to the area last fall and went to Reeds Spring High School, the district told the Springfield News-Leader in a statement.

Victor D. Gibson, 47; Cynthia D. Miller, 43; and Susan A. Gibson, 70, were also found dead in the house, which is near Branson West, Mo.

The sheriff's office said evidence showed Victor Gibson died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

A neighbor, Rich Jarocki, told media outlets he called the sheriff's office after looking through glass on the front door and seeing a male body lying on the floor inside.

Jarocki said he had knocked on the door of the home after a female relative of the family called him Monday and asked if he would check on the family across the street, according to the Branson Tri-Lakes News. The relative said she hadn't heard from them in a couple days.

The neighbor said the people he knew at the home "appeared happy, but they mostly kept to themselves," the Tri-Lakes News reported.

The family had moved into the subdivision last year from California, the News-Leader reported.

The neighborhood where the shooting happened is home to mostly retirees, the sheriff's office told KY3.

The investigation was ongoing and autopsies were scheduled Wednesday morning.

This story was originally published April 11, 2018 at 2:08 PM with the headline "One teen, three adults die in suspected murder-suicide in Missouri Ozarks."