DELTA TWP. Police have confirmed that a 47-year-old father shot and killed his two young children before dying by suicide.
The Eaton County Sheriff s Department was called at about 11 p.m. Tuesday to a home on Old River Trail in Delta Township, according to a news release.
Inside the home, they found 5-year-old Vivian Zwick and her father, 47-year-old Joseph Lechleitner, dead from gunshot wounds, according to police. Vivian s brother, Anson Zwick, 3, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Anson died Wednesday night, police said.
Police said the investigation shows Lechleitner shot both children, then himself. Lechleitner lived in the Shingleton area of the Upper Peninsula, police said.
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Stateside s conversation with Dan Murphy about John Geddert. This segment aired Friday, February 26, 2021.
Former U.S. Olympic women s gymnastics coach John Geddert died by suicide Thursday, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office has confirmed.
Geddert was charged with 24 felony counts earlier in the day.
The Michigan State Police have released a statement saying Geddert’s body was located by troopers at the rest area on EB I-96 in Clinton County at 3:24 pm. The investigation is ongoing.
Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement, “My office has been notified that the body of John Geddert was found late this afternoon after taking his own life. This is a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved.”
MattGush/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) Former USA gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the 2012 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team to win
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