Kids, mom pulled from burning Ore. house were stabbed

(CBS/AP) MEDFORD, Ore. - Investigators believe 51-year-old Oregon man Jordan Adam Criado stabbed his wife and their four young children and set fire to their house on Monday, killing all five victims.

Firefighters used CPR to try and revive the family members, and managed to get a pulse from at least two of the children as they lay on the lawn in front of their Medford home, said Police Chief Tim George.

Rescuers quickly realized it wasn't just smoke inhalation they were dealing with and rushed the 30-year-old mother and the children - ages 2, 5, 6 and 7 - to the hospital.

But all five died. The father was also taken to the hospital, where he was sedated in stable condition and under police guard, George said. Police believe he killed his family, but did not immediately charge him.

"That is the suspicion right now - the fellow we have up at the hospital under guard is responsible," George told The Associated Press.

Though autopsies will not be done for several days, police believe the five dead were all stabbed and suffered smoke inhalation.

Investigators were getting a new search warrant before going back into the house Tuesday to gather more evidence.

The wife was identified as 30-year-old Tabasha Paige-Criado. The names of the children, three boys aged 7, 6 and 5, and a 2-year-old daughter, have not been released.

Some neighbors said they thought Criado, who spoke with an accent, was a single dad, devoted to his children, and worked as a "shade-tree mechanic," fixing cars out of his home. About two weeks ago, Criado and his wife could be heard arguing loudly late at night, said Chris Bennett, 23, an Oregon National Guard infantryman who lives three doors down.

"He just bluntly told her, 'Hey, you need to calm down, the kids are asleep,'" Bennett said.

"It was always her yelling," said Bennett's fiance, Shilo Croswell, 22. "Anytime we saw him it was just him and the kids."