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Nikolay Lazukin
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Nikolay Lazukin with his wife.
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The Lazukins' family told police they had no history of domestic
abuse,
and neighbors described the 27-year-old man as a good father.
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Investigators say Nikolay Lazukin, right, gunned down his wife,
Natalya, left, and their three
daughters,
two of whom are pictured in this undated photo.
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Investigators search in the front yard of a home where the bodies
of the woman
and children were discovered.
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Police and firefighters investigate the scene where four people
were found dead at a house
in Salem, Ore., on
Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
Salem police say five people have died in what they believe was a
murder-suicide.
The police
told the Salem Statesman Journal the
bodies of a woman and three children were found in a
house that
burned Tuesday morning in northeast Salem. They say the womanÌs
husband was
been
found dead in a vehicle near Cottage Grove. None of
the victims was
immediately identified.
(AP Photo/Statesman Journal,
Timothy J. Gonzalez)
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Police found Nikolay Lazukin dead in his Jeep Cherokee with a gun
near his hand.
Investigators said he committed suicide.
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Nikolay Lazukin dead.
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Police said 21-year-old Devin Matlock was walking home from
friends' apartment
when he ran into Lazukin, who beat him to death with a baseball bat.