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Jehovah's Witness couple and their young children found shot dead in two-story home after grim 'murder suicide'

• Sheddrick and Kia Miller and their two young children were found Wednesday morning after police were called around 10:30 to the family's home near Irmo, South Carolina
• The man's mother came across the grisly scene when she hadn't heard from her son for a number of days and went to check on the family
• She immediately called 911 after discovering the bodies scattered throughout the two-story home

By Helen Pow
Published:
20:10 GMT, 16 January 2014
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Updated:
13:52 GMT, 17 January 2014

A family of Jehovah's Witnesses have been found dead in their South Carolina home after what police say was a shocking murder-suicide.
The bodies of a couple - believed to be Sheddrick and Kia Miller - and their two young children were found Wednesday morning scattered throughout the family's two-story home near Irmo.
Police were called to the home around 10:30 a.m. after man's mother discovered the grim scene.
The children were found dead in their respective bedrooms, and the two adults were found together in the master bedroom, Richland County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Curtis Wilson told the Charlotte Observer.


Each of the four was shot in the upper body and a handgun, the presumed murder weapon, was found near the father, Wilson said.

He said initial evidence suggested a domestic disturbance. Investigators are checking records to see if there had been any prior domestic violence calls made to the house.
The family has not been officially identified but Richland County property records show the Millers owned the house. Friends also identified the dead as the Miller family.
The children's grandmother went to check on the young family after she hadn't heard from her son for a number of days, Wilson said. She immediately called police after discovering them dead.

According to property records, the Millers bought the lovely home in the Riverwalk neighborhood in 2012.

Wilson said the forensic team were trying to determine when the four were killed.
Family friend Rachel Hinson, 25, described them as a good family and said the children were both under the age of five.

She told the Observer she had attended bible study at the Millers' home and went to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with them.

'It's confusing, and it's not understandable why something like that would happen,' said Hinson, who's grandmother lives near the home.

South Carolina is the worst of all 50 states when it comes to domestic homicides, according to a report by the Violence Policy Center in Washington.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540809/Jehovahs-Witness-couple-young-children-shot-dead-two-story-home-grandmother-grim-murder-suicide.html

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The New York Daily News is reporting today that a Jehovah's Witness family was found dead in their South Carolina home in an apparent murder-suicide. Sheddrick Miller, 38, and Kia Von Miller, 28, an African-American couple, was found gunned down in their home on Wednesday. The couple's two children were also found dead.
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The couple had been married for just a few short years. They are described by some media outlets as devout Jehovah's Witnesses. But, Sheddrick Miller kept a gun in the home which goes against the teachings of the Witnesses.
Police are still investigating a motive in the killings. The couple often posted loving photos on their Facebook pages. But, sources say that Sheddrick Miller had a dark side.
Murder scene: Forest Walk Court
The disturbing scene came to the attention of the police after Sheddrick Miller's mother stopped by to check on the family. Police were dispatched to the home, where they found the bodies of Kyler Devane Miller, 3, and Syrai Raquel Miller, 1, dead in their bedrooms with gunshot wounds to the head, according to Coroner Gary Watts.
Sheddrick and Kia Miller were found dead in a nearby master bedroom. Police found a gun near Sheddrick Miller's body, according to the Daily Mail.
The couple often held bible studies, commonly referred to as "book studies" in their home.
Police are still investigating the motive for the killings.
http://www.examiner.com/list/sheddrick-miller-kia-von-miller-jehovah-s-witness-murder-suicide

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A family of Jehovah's Witnesses from South Carolina have been found dead in their home after what police say it was a murder-suicide by shot gun.


The husband and wife Sheddrick and Kia Miller had two young children under 5 years old and they were all found dead one week from last Wednesday morning in the family's Irmo home. The children were found shot in the upper part of their bodies in their respective bedroom and the wife and husband also with the gun laying next to the husband.

The family had just purchased a home in 2012. In the photo below showed an apparent happy family posing in front of their new home but something plagued this family that some did not know.

News reports from the Charlotte Observer state:


The children were found dead in their respective bedrooms, and the two adults were found together in the master bedroom, Richland County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.

Richland County authorities say they are looking into any prior domestic calls that may have come from the home.

The children's grandmother went to check on the young family after she hadn't heard from her son for a number of days, Wilson said. She immediately called police after discovering them dead.

The Coroner, Gary Watts, said it appears that 38-year-old Sheddrick Byron Miller killed his wife, 28-year-old Kia Von Miller, and their two children before fatally shooting himself. The children were 3-year-old Kyler Devane Miller and 1-year-old Syrai Raquel Miller and all four people had been shot in the head.
The family had bible study at home and was considered a good family to those who knew them.
Family friend Rachel Hinson, 25, told the Observer she had attended bible study at the Millers' home and went to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with them.