DELTA TWP. The Eaton County Sheriff s Department said they are now investigating the deaths of two children and their father in Delta Township as a murder.
Early reports from the sheriff s office indicated the April 13 deaths of 47-year-old Joseph Lechleitner, 5-year-old Vivian Zwick and 3-year-old Anson Zwick were the result of a murder-suicide.
The sheriff s office said Tuesday the deaths are now being investigated as a murder, according to a press release.
Police were called to a home on Old River Trail in Delta Township at about 11 p.m. April 13 for a report of a shooting, according to the sheriff s office. They found Vivian and Lechleitner dead in the home and Anson in critical condition. Anson died the next day from injuries sustained in the shooting.
Detectives now investigating Delta Twp deaths as murders
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Police: Delta Township murder-suicide of 2 kids, father now considered murder investigation
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Alberto LuperonApr 27th, 2021, 5:41 pm
Site of the alleged triple murder.
Deputies in Delta Township, Michigan flipped their stance on the deaths of a local father and his two children. Contrary to authorities’ original story from their preliminary investigation, investigators now suspect
Joseph Lechleitner did not fatally shoot
Anson
Zwick, 3, and
“Detectives do not believe this is a random act of violence,” the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday.
(Deputies say Lechleitner was 47. An online obituary states he was 48.)
It is unclear what resulted in the change of theory. The Eaton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a Law&Crime request for comment.