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# Family of 8 found dead in burning Michigan home in murder-suicide: Authorities
The children ranged in age from 5 to 15.
By[Meredith Deliso](https://abcnews.com/author/meredith_deliso)
July 27, 2026, 4:16 PM
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Headlines from ABC News Live Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
A Michigan man is suspected of fatally shooting his wife and six children and then setting their [house on fire](https://abcnews.com/US/8-people-including-6-children-found-dead-michigan/story?id=135068868), before taking his own life, authorities said Monday.
The six children, who were between the ages of 5 and 15, and their parents were found dead Friday after fire personnel responded to battle a fire at their home in Grand Haven Township, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office.
All eight died from gunshot wounds, the sheriff's office said in an update on Monday following the completion of the autopsies.
The children's father, 47-year-old Kristopher Karolkiewicz, died by suicide, and the deaths of his wife, 39-year-old Amanda Karolkiewicz, and their six children were ruled to be homicides, according to the sheriff's office.
The names of the deceased children are not being released, the sheriff's office said. They included four boys -- ages 5, 11, 12 and 15 -- and two 11-year-old girls.