AMERICAN HORROR STORY- Mother Strangles Her 3 Children, Then Commits Suicide In Danbury Ct

DANBURY, Connecticut (WABC) -- A mother and three children, victims of an apparent triple-murder suicide, were found dead at a home in Connecticut Tuesday night.

Authorities say the bodies of 36-year-old Sonia Loja, 12-year-old Junior Panjon, 10-year-old Joselyn Panjon, and 5-year-old Jonael Panjon were found by police doing a wellness check at 10 Whaley Street in Danbury.

"The children all appear to have died by strangulation, and the mother's suspected cause of death is asphyxia by hanging," Danbury police said in a statement.

Preliminary findings, released pending an official autopsy, indicate Sonia Loja strangled her three children before killing herself, police said.

According to investigators, the mother and children lived with two other adults who were not at the home when police arrived.

Officers went inside the single-family residence Tuesday night and discovered the bodies of the three children.

They then found the mother in a shed in the backyard.

The investigation remains active and ongoing.