Texas Triple Tragedy

"Lufkin, TX - The Angelina County Sheriff's Office has released the names of three people who died Saturday morning in an apparent double-murder/suicide at a residence about 3 miles northeast of the Lufkin city limits.

"Rickey Mullin, 45, of Lufkin, his estranged wife Margaret Renee' Mullin, 35, of Nacogdoches, and her mother, Brenda Sue Mayo Alderman, 58, of Nacogdoches were found dead on the scene at Rickey's home at 1170 Lightfoot Road off FM 842 when investigators arrived.

"`We knew they were deceased from the med unit when they got there,` said lead investigator David Rodriguez with the ACSO. `They had no vital signs.`

"Rickey apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law before turning the gun on himself, according to investigators.

"`We're still processing evidence and still going through things,` Rodriguez said. `From what we can gather, the estranged wife and mother came over and something went horribly wrong. They suffered fatal gunshot wounds and we believe the actor turned the gun on himself.`

"When deputies arrived on scene they found a man lying in front of the residence, Rodriguez said. There were reports of several shots being fired into a van, and there was van a parked off to the right of the residence.

"`There was a lot of blood. The cab of the van was completely destroyed,` Rodriguez said."

From LufkinDailyNews...