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The mother-of-six who was killed in a murder-suicide in Michigan \u201clikely died earlier\u201d than her six children, police told a local outlet.<\/p>\n
Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, and Amanda \u201cMandy\u201d Karolkiewicz, 39, were found dead along with their six kids \u2013 aged 5 to 15 \u2013 after being shot in the head, according to death certificates\u00a0obtained by News 8.<\/p>\n
Police previously revealed that autopsy results showed that the mom and children were killed, while the dad died by suicide.<\/p>\n
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Ottawa Sheriff\u2019s Office Capt. Jacob Sparks told News 8 in an email that evidence and autopsy results suggest Amanda Karolkiewicz \u201clikely died earlier than the children.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A death certificate for the mom lists her date of death as \u201con or after\u201d July 23 \u2014 but also notes the date of injury as July 24, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
However, all six children \u2014 Keegan, 15, Bennett, 12, Smith, 11, Ella, 11, Caroline, 11 and Theodore, 5 \u2014 and Kristopher Karolkiewicz died on July 24, the certificates seen by the outlet state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have an exact timeline yet and are still working to establish that,\u201d Sparks told the outlet.<\/p>\n
The times of death are marked \u201cunknown\u201d and the documents indicate that each of them died immediately or within seconds of being shot, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n
Officials said their bodies were found in different bedrooms throughout the Grand Haven home.<\/p>\n
The dad also\u00a0set the house on fire\u00a0after the killings, officials said, and at least three dogs and a cat died in the blaze.<\/p>\n
The Ottawa Sheriff\u2019s Office did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Amanda Karolkiewicz was a beloved substitute teacher\u00a0and a children\u2019s book author.<\/p>\n
She penned \u201cThe Magical Mantra: A Tiny Book About Self Talk\u201d in 2022, dedicated to her six children, two of whom were adopted.<\/p>\n
But Amanda\u00a0Karolkiewicz\u00a0had allegedly shared a darker glimpse into her life in explosive Reddit posts \u2014\u00a0accusing her husband of having an affair with a younger intern.<\/p>\n
The mom wrote on Reddit under the username MandyK1179,\u00a0the Holland Sentinel reported\u00a0after independently confirming the authenticity of the account.<\/p>\n
In one 2024 post seen by the outlet, she described how she met her older husband while she was working as an intern.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was divorced and older than me \u2026 fast forward ten years and five kids, he was cheating with the intern again \u2014 the same age I was when I was the intern,\u201d she allegedly wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter about a year of self-loathing, I remember crying and looking at myself in the mirror and realizing how\u2026 it was that I was the one who was living so miserably because of what he did,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI finally realized that I had been the only person who has ever showed up for myself my whole entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, family spokesperson Emily Jones\u00a0told News8\u00a0of the posts: \u201cI do want to make it clear that we have no way to confirm that that was Mandy that made the posts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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