ADDENDUM::Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family

Months after a murder suicide stunned the sleepy town of Keego Harbor, the Free Press has obtained investigative documents that shed light on what drove an aspiring model to kill her two grown children, her husband, herself and the family dog. 

According to police records and interviews with family, friends and neighbors, Stuart  battled many problems, including depression, ostracism from the Jehovah Witness church, and mental scars stemming from alleged sexual abuse as a child.

These factors combined, police believe, led Stuart to cave to despair on a February weekday when she fatally shot her son, daughter and husband — using pillows to suppress the sound — before shooting herself between the eyes.

Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family

Friend says church shunned family before murder-suicide - Story | WJBK

 Police say a Keego Harbor woman killed her husband and two grown children before taking her own life.

A friend of the victims believe the family's religion is linked to the tragedy.  Joyce Taylors outburst during Sunday services at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in Union Lake was caught on camera.

Taylor says she was trying to explain to the congregation her theory of what happened to her close friends the Stuart family.

"They were the nicest people, they would give their shirt off their back," she said. "That is how wonderful they were."

Investigators say last Friday 45-year-old Lauren Stuart shot and killed her husband Daniel, daughter Bethany and son Steven, both in their mid-20s.

Then, Lauren turned the gun on herself.

Friend says church shunned family before murder-suicide - Story | WJBK

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