Family found dead in apparent murder-suicide

Published July 31, 2012 4:00am ET



A man, woman and child were found dead Tuesday morning in what Calvert County law enforcement officials say appears to be a murder-suicide.

The three were found after police received a call about 8:30 a.m. from an anonymous caller reporting a domestic disturbance at the two-story home in the 18000 block of Candlelight Court, Calvert County Sheriff’s officials said. The home sits in an affluent neighborhood in Owings.

Calvert County officials said they believe 32-year-old Frank Hayward shot his wife, Cynthia, 31, and child, Natalee, 2, and set a fire before turning the gun on himself.

A 12-year-old child who lived at the house was taken to a hospital with burns and cuts around his neck.

Sheriff’s officials did not have a motive for the shootings.

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