{"id":34804,"date":"2025-08-20T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34804"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:14:54","slug":"perfect-family-obliterated-by-quadruple-murder-suicide-at-stunning-new-hampshire-home-with-confused-orphan-toddler-found-near-bodies-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34804","title":{"rendered":"‘Perfect family’ obliterated by quadruple murder-suicide at stunning New Hampshire home… with confused orphan toddler found near bodies | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A toddler was the sole survivor after a family was found dead in their New Hampshire<\/a> home in what police suspect to be a murder-suicide.<\/p>\n

Just after 8pm on Friday, cops discovered that four members of the Long family had been fatally shot in their home in Madbury, a small town just over an hour from Boston.<\/p>\n

Ryan Long, 48, who had been suffering from terminal brain cancer<\/a>, his wife Emily, 34, their son Parker, 8, and a daughter also called Ryan, 6, were found dead inside their home. They were pronounced dead at the scene,\u00a0New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Their three-year-old toddler was found alive with no injuries and the orphaned toddler is now in the care of family.<\/p>\n

Investigators also found a gun near the family at the scene, CBS News <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n

‘It was shocking,’ neighbor Bevy Ketel told CBS affiliate WBZ-TV. ‘It was a perfect family as far as we knew.’<\/p>\n

‘[Ryan] certainly touched a lot of lives. He was part of the fabric of the community and his family goes along with it… It’s just shocking. We didn’t see it coming.’<\/p>\n

The investigation into the tragedy is ongoing with autopsies scheduled to be performed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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At just after 8pm on Friday cops discovered that four members of the Long family had been fatally shot in Madbury, an hour away from Boston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ryan Long, 48, his wife Emily, 34, son Parker, 8, and daughter Ryan, 6, were found and pronounced dead inside their home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The family had been struggling over the summer after Ryan Long received a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, according to a video diary posted by his wife Emily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘One of the biggest questions they have right is motive… I think that’s probably one of the more difficult things that they are trying to grasp to understand,’ NH Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati told WCAX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just days ago on Saturday Emily Long updated her TikTok account.<\/p>\n

Her page showed a collection of videos in which she spoke to the camera about her family navigating husband Ryan’s diagnosis with terminal brain cancer.<\/p>\n

Ryan suffered from glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and common types of brain cancer. Often, those diagnosed with the cancer pass away within six months.<\/p>\n

Emily’s first post about her husband’s diagnosis and her own mental struggle was uploaded on April 23.<\/p>\n

On May 11, Emily uploaded a video captioned: ‘Want to watch someone actually fall apart before your very eyes? I swear, this cancer will be the thing that breaks me.’<\/p>\n

In her latest update, Emily declared that she was trying to make changes to get herself out of a ‘rut.’<\/p>\n

‘I put makeup on and real clothes for the first time… in god only knows how long. I’m trying to get myself out of this rut, I know I’ve said this before but our kids are definitely struggling.’<\/p>\n

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The couple’s youngest child, a three-year-old, was found alive and suffered no injuries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ryan Long was diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a video posted to social media Emily declared that she was trying to make changes to get herself out of a ‘rut’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Emily then explained how she noticed that her youngest child was struggling to sleep and crying, which she was described as ‘devastating.’<\/p>\n

‘It’s important for my kids to be with their friends, and I have been struggling so much and really depressed and just have really become reclusive,’ she continued.<\/p>\n

‘That being said I am making a change. It is starting today… I need to become more social again.<\/p>\n

‘So hold me to it. Today I am adjusting my perspective and I’m making a point to get out of my depression and do this for my family.<\/p>\n

‘That being said: Happy Saturday. I hope everyone’s having a fantastic day. I am going to have a fantastic day,’ she concluded.<\/p>\n

Several videos depicted the Long family’s struggles after the diagnosis and commented on the support they had received from the local community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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