Mom, daughter and son killed in stabbing in West Virginia, officials say
A mother and her two children were found stabbed to death in a home in Cabell County, West Virginia, authorities said.
In a post on Facebook, the Cabell County Sheriff's Office said 39-year-old Shawn Deel, her 18-year-old daughter Abigale Sloan and 16-year-old son Dekota Sloan were killed on Tuesday morning.
Joshua Deel will be charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing, the Facebook post said. The 39-year-old man was taken to a local hospital from the scene with superficial wounds and will go before a judge once he is released from the hospital.
The sheriff's office said that law enforcement was called to the home on Hickory Grove Road in Lesage just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday for a report of a stabbing. At the scene, Shawn Deel, Abigale Sloan, and Dekota Sloan were pronounced dead.
No other information was released, including the relationship between the victims and the suspect.
"As this is still an active investigation, no further details will be released at this time," the Facebook post said.
The Cabell County Sheriff's Office and West Virginia State Police responded to the home on Tuesday morning.
"We got our investigators here, and the state police is helping us," Sheriff Doug Adams told CBS affiliate WOWK on Tuesday morning. "EMS has been here all morning, so we've had plenty of support. State police is going to help the investigators rest of the day, work together to get this resolved."
