West Plains Triple Homicide

This from the dreadful News-Leader:

Father, 2 kids killed in West PlainsKeith A. Bennett, 28, and his children were apparently shot to death, police say.

By Matt Wagner
News-Leader

Law enforcement officials are investigating a triple homicide in West Plains involving a 28-year-old man and two children who were apparently shot to death Monday.
The victims were identified as Keith A. Bennett and his children: daughter Klover Lawrence, 6, and son Keith Bennett II, 4, all of West Plains. All three died from gunshot wounds.

Their bodies were found shortly before 3:30 p.m. at an apartment in the 2700 block of Burke Avenue, said Jeff Snyder, a dispatcher with the West Plains Police Department. The apartment is part of a small complex in the northwest part of town.

Officer Jeremy Pounders was dispatched to a "CPR in progress" at the address, where he and first responders encountered Bennett's wife, Sandra, Snyder said.

Sandra Bennett apparently placed the emergency call and was being questioned at the police station late Monday, he said.

"We don't have any suspects or anybody in custody as of yet," Snyder added. "They're just trying to piece it together at this point. It's real strange."

In his five years as a dispatcher with the department, Snyder couldn't recall any triple homicides in West Plains.

The Howell County Sheriff's Department and Missouri Highway Patrol are also assisting in the investigation, Snyder said.