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A family of eight found shot to death Wednesday inside their home in Enoch City, Utah, died by murder-suicide, according to a news release from the city manager, Rob Dotson.

(CNN) -- A family of eight found shot to death Wednesday inside their home in Enoch City, Utah, died by murder-suicide, according to a news release from the city manager,

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.

Michael Haight, 42, killed his wife, their five children and his mother-in-law after she filed for divorce, police said Thursday.

Utah man kills 7 family members, self

Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a potential motive for the killings.

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -A 42-year-old Utah man whose wife had filed for divorce just before Christmas shot dead seven members of his family including

Police were summoned to the home for a welfare check after the family had not been heard from for an extended time, and they found the bodies of three adults and five minors.

Two days after one of their neighbors shot and killed his entire family and himself, Enoch residents faced what could be a long, dark road ahead.

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife and killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce.