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An apparent triple-murder suicide took the lives of four adults who were related to each other in Northland, Missouri over the weekend.
A 14-year-old female called police to the site of the shooting in the Thousand Oaks neighorhood at around 9.15pm on Sunday.
When authorities arrived to the scene, they found the dead bodies of Sharmalee Pauling, 73, Carl Deruyscher, 66, Margaret Girard, 49, and Douglas Pauling, 50, inside the home.
The teenage daughter of Douglas Pauling and Girard was the sole survivor of the attack.
Police suspect Douglas Pauling of shooting his former patner, Girard, along with his mother, Sharmalee Pauling, and her husband, Deruyscher, who was the suspected gunman's step grandfather, before the turning the gun on himself.
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It was reported by a neighbor that the teen said her father came after her, as well, but she escaped the home before calling the police.
The crime occurred at the home of Sharmalee Pauling and Deruyscher, Fox 4 News reported.