Family found dead in apparent murder-suicide

DECATUR - Five members of a suburban Atlanta family were found shot dead in their apartment Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide. <br> <br> DeKalb County police said they found Ian Willabus, 33, a freelance writer for CNN International, his 32-year-old wife, Diane, and three young sons. The boys, ages 3, 5 and 10, were from the man&#39;s previous marriage. <br> <br> The family appeared to have been dead for several days, police spokesman Dale Davis said. <br> <br> ``I had been calling, and it was just bizarre because he hadn&#39;t been responding to my messages,&#39;&#39; said Chris Williams, a co-worker and friend of Willabus. <br> <br> Another co-worker called police Tuesday morning after no one answered the door. <br> <br> Willabus had been writing freelance for CNN and ``contributed frequently on a broad array of subjects,&#39;&#39; CNN spokesman Nigel Pritchard said. <br> <br> Police did not say who pulled the trigger. <br> <br> Davis said officers responded to a disturbance call last month at the apartment, where the couple had been arguing. <br> <br> ``I saw them both Thursday and they seemed fine,&#39;&#39; Williams said, adding that the man had been looking for a condo the past two weeks because his family had grown too big for the apartment. <br> <br> Williams said Willabus moved to the area from New York and had recently brought his sons from Guyana. <br> <br> ``I know couples that have fights, and they go through things all the time,&#39;&#39; Williams said. ``But to the point where at least at this level of violence with a murder-suicide - and then you have the children as well - it&#39;s unfathomable.&#39;&#39;

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