‘Complete nightmare’: Four found dead in North Dakota wheat field after possible murder-suicide

The proprietor of a North Dakota farm was discovered useless in a wheat subject with three relations after a doable murder-suicide that family members described as a “full nightmare.”

Douglas Dulmage, 56, was fatally shot on his mix harvester in a subject south of Cando on Monday, associates and police stated.

Three different males discovered useless within the subject had been recognized by the Towner County Sheriff’s Workplace as family Justin Bracken, 34, Richard Bracken, 64, and Robert Bracken, 59, of Cando. The three had been engaged on harvesting the sphere with Dulmage on the time of the capturing.

North Dakota farmer Douglas Dulmage was fatally shot in what police assume was a murder-suicide that passed off.

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Douglas Dulmage’s pal stated he was shot whereas on his mix harvester in a subject close to Cando.

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His household is “dwelling an entire nightmare,” his shut pal Pat Traynor informed the Related Press.

Deputies discovered every of the 4 males useless within the subject from gunshot wounds. A .357 revolver was recovered close to one of many our bodies, however officers didn't say which.

“Proof from the scene signifies that this incident was a murder-suicide and there's no recognized risk to the general public,” Sheriff Andrew Hillier stated in an announcement.

No different particulars surrounding the circumstances of the case have been launched. The sheriff’s workplace stated a forensic medical examination of the victims would happen within the subsequent few days.

Traynor stated Dulmage owned the property. He lived within the neighboring city of Leeds together with his spouse and two kids however farmed together with his 95-year-old father on their land outdoors of city.

The deaths come at a important time in rural North Dakota, simply forward of the harvesting season. Traynor stated native farmers and associates of the Dulmage household have already met to debate how they may deal with the upcoming harvest of wheat, corn and soybeans.

North Dakota’s Farm Bureau president Daryl Lies stated Dulmage served as president of the Benson County Farm Bureau.

“It’s laborious to understand and perceive why one thing like this could occur in rural North Dakota,” he stated.

The deaths of the 4 males come simply forward of the area’s main harvest.

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Cando is a city of simply over 1,000 individuals, situated simply 40 miles south of the Canadian border and 118 miles west of Grand Forks.

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