A Rhode Island man slaughtered his pregnant wife and their two young kids using a military-grade M4-style rifle in what cops are calling a "horrific" murder-suicide. The post ‘Cowardly, despicable act’: Husband slaughters pregnant wife and two children,

Nicholas Arruda, 39, has been accused of murdering his seven-months pregnant wife, Danielle Arruda, 39, and their two kids, five-year-old Adele and two-year-old Felex in West Greenwich.

Four family members who were found dead in a Rhode Island home last week were the victims of a triple murder-suicide, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.

Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, have been investigating the deaths of four people in a home on Cheyenne Trail

According to West Greenwich police, Nicholas Arruda, 39, shot and killed Danielle Arruda, 39, Adele Arruda, 5, and Felix Arruda, 2, before turning the gun on himself. Danielle Arruda was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.

When paralegal Danielle Arruda didn’t show up for work on Thursday or Friday, police officers went to her West Greenwich home for a wellness check on Friday morning.

The family of four was found dead in their home after a well-being check Tuesday in West Greenwich, R.I. The post Rhode Island man killed pregnant wife, 2 children, then himself, say authorities appeared first on Boston.

A Rhode Island dad fatally shot his entire family — including his seven-months pregnant wife — with a semi-automatic carbine late last week in a gruesome murder-suicide that’s rocked their tiny town.

Danielle Lynne Arruda aged 39 as well as her two young children aged 2 and 6, and her unborn child A 39-year-old Rhode Island man shot and killed his seven-months pregnant wife and his two children and then died by suicide,