Murder-Suicide Pact: Pennsylvania Family Agree to Kill Each Other Leaving Written Notes With Vague Reasons

A Pennsylvania family found dead from honoring their murder-suicide pact.

The authorities responded to a welfare check request made by a neighbor.

Upon arrival, they discovered the three deceased individuals lying outside on the ground. The authorities found out that the Pennsylvania family has been dead for a few days now.

The police have determined that the murder-suicide pact was a joint decision that the family made.

As per the New York Post, the family of three, James Daub (62), Deborah Daub (59), and their daughter Morgan Daub (26) were found dead in the backyard of their home in York County, Pennsylvania on January 25, 2023.

Pennsylvania Family Found Dead

The pact was Deborah shooting and killing her husband James and then being shot and killed by Morgan, who subsequently took her own life by suicide. All three deaths were caused by gunshot wounds to the head.

The West Manchester Township Police Department has found written notes left inside the family's home that suggest that the family had recently made a joint decision to end their lives.

According to Complex, Detective Timothy Fink, Deborah Daub had left a written document, dated January 19, which spoke of the joint decision made by her and Morgan to end their lives.

The note referred to the evil that has mounted against Morgan but did not go into further detail.

Additionally, each of the letters included instructions and financial information for relatives, including the whereabouts of their insurance policies and how to access their bank accounts.

The family had also sedated their pet dog with drugs so that it would not pose a threat to the first responders.

The evidence found at the scene, including the positioning of the bodies, the two guns, the shell casings, and other evidence support the account put forward by the written documents.

The police have concluded that all three family members decided to end their lives on January 24, 2023.

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The Pennsylvania Family in the eyes of others

The Pennsylvania family was well-known in their community, with those who knew them expressing shock and heartbreak at the news of their deaths.

According to the NBC News, the Daub's only child, Morgan, was described as a shy, quiet young woman who was close with her mother and was a talented and avid bowler.

The two women were frequent visitors to the local bowling center and were known to be devout Christian conservatives. Morgan is a professional bowler and has even won scholarship money for college due to her competitive bowling skills.

However, around the start of the pandemic, Morgan and Deborah suddenly stopped visiting the bowling stores and alleys in the area.

The owner of the local bowling center, Terry Miller, said that it was definitely weird that the two had stopped coming in.

Some members of the community have also reported being disturbed by recent videos appearing to show Morgan on YouTube.

The videos show her speaking in a stream-of-conscious fashion about God, the Antichrist, and conspiracies surrounding the Trump administration and the 2020 election. The videos have left many who knew her haunted by her laughter in the clips.

Morgan also made a YouTube video claiming that she is a prophet of the most high god and as expected, people who knew the family got alarmed with this.

Other neighbors would describe the family as an avid Trump supporter saying that their backyard was once full of campaign signage during Trump's election.

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