SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - A family of four in California was discovered dead in their home Thursday and police were investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.<br>
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Police Detective Kurt Clarke would not say how the family was killed or which parent was responsible for the deaths.<br>
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"It's a very disturbing crime scene especially with the children," he said. "When you have a murder-suicide, the kids are always the innocent victims. Parents are supposed to protect their kids."<br>
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The bodies of a 38-year-old man, a 42-year-old woman and two girls, ages 12 and 4, were found about 12:30 p.m. The 4-year-old girl was the couple's daughter and the older girl was the wife's child.<br>
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The bodies were found after the man's boss stopped by to check on him because he hadn't shown up at work for several days. Both men worked in the high-tech industry, Clarke said.<br>
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When there was no answer at the front door, the boss went around to the back of the two-story house and saw a body inside. He called 911.<br>
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"There are bodies. There's a lot of blood. It's disturbing," Clarke said. He did not know when the family was killed.
