Stark County community gathers to mourn loss of family to murder-suicide

Police in Stark County confirm five members of the same family are dead following an apparent "domestic dispute turned deadly" on Thursday. Authorities in Uniontown confirm the victims were found inside a home within the 13000 block of Carnation Avenue Northwest in Lake Township. Officers located the bodies while performing a welfare check just after 7:30 p.m. At this time, the incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide. According to the Stark County Coroner's Office, 46-year-old Jason Dunham, his 42-year-old wife Melissa, and their kids — 15-year-old Renee, 12-year-old Amber, and 9-year-old Evan — died of gunshot wounds. Additionally, Harry Campbell, chief investigator for the Stark County Coroner's Office, told 3News' Lindsay Buckingham that Jason Dunham's wound was "consistent with being self-inflicted." Read more: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/stark-county/family-of-5-found-dead-stark-county-police-investigating-quadruple-murder-suicide/95-861d9b5c-6c8b-4bd8-9a88-5e1ea802ce79