- The Caddo Parrish Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare call on Monday morning and found Leroy Sadler, 60; Judy Sadler, 64; James Sadler, 29; and 2-year-old Adalynn Mae Sadler
- A spokesperson for the coroner’s office tells PEOPLE that the deaths of Judy, James and Adalynn have been classified as homicides
- Adalynn’s mother Kara will now have to bury her daughter on Mother’s Day
Four people are dead following a murder suicide that occurred early Monday morning in Louisiana — and now a woman will spend Mother’s Day burying her toddler daughter.
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said that deputies responded to a residence in Keithville just before 7 a.m. on May 6 in response to a welfare call.
Deputies on the scene tried unsuccessfully to engage with an individual inside the house, according to the CPSO.
A short time later deputies heard a single gunshot from inside the residence, at which point a drone was deployed to search the residence.
Deputies were then able to see that there were four deceased individuals inside the residence. They were identified by the County Coroner’s office as Leroy Sadler, 60; Judy Sadler, 64; James Sadler, 29; and 2-year-old Adalynn Mae Sadler.
Authorities have yet to release the name of the shooter, but the Caddo Parrish Coroner’s Office classified the deaths of Judy, James and Adalynn as homicides.
Public records show that the incident occurred at the home of Leroy and Judy, and the CPSO said that “neighbors of the suspect informed investigators that the suspect was possibly a doomsday prepper.”
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Kara’s cousin, who created a GoFundMe to help raise money, writes that Adalynn Mae “was beautiful, so intelligent, and always full of joy.”
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She went on to call the toddler “the brightest light in Kara’s life and truly the sweetest little girl you could ever meet.”
The post then revealed how Kara would now be forced to live every mother’s worst nightmare on the worst possible day.
“Instead of spending this Mother’s Day weekend with her baby, she will be laying her to rest,” reads the post. “No mother should ever have to feel that kind of pain.”
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