Live-in boyfriend murders girlfriend, her daughter (Dededo, Guam)

It appears that live-in boyfriend ANTHONY MINOR picked up a baseball bat and beat to death his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter, then committed suicide.

http://www.guampdn.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030303/1002

July 3, 2009

Police find three bodies: Medical examiner says murder-suicide likely
By Brett Kelman
Pacific Daily News

A woman and her teenage daughter are dead after they were allegedly beaten with a baseball bat by the woman's boyfriend, who committed suicide after the alleged attack yesterday, said Guam Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola yesterday.

Espinola said the woman and her daughter died of skull fractures.

The man committed suicide by slitting his left wrist in the "apparent murder-suicide," said Espinola, who performed the autopsies on the three bodies.

Police are investigating the incident, which occurred early yesterday at a house along Wusstig Road in Dededo. GPD spokesman Officer Allan Guzman said the incident was still classified as a "death investigation."

Police didn't release the ages, identities or genders of the bodies as of 5 p.m. yesterday. Espinola said he only had approximate ages of the girl and the woman -- 13 and 30, respectively. All three bodies were found in a bedroom, he said.

The house belongs to Anthony Miner, who lives there with his girlfriend and at least three children, said a family friend. Police wouldn't confirm details.

Yesterday's investigation began began after police and medics responded to an emergency call of an injured person at about 9 a.m. yesterday, said Guam Police Department spokesman Officer A.J. Balajadia. Police found three bodies at the house, he said.

By 10:30 a.m., about six police vehicles were parked on the edges of the roadway surrounding the white-and-red house. Yellow crime-scene tape surrounded the street corner and about a dozen officers were on the scene.

Curious motorists crept down the busy road, staring out their windows.

Balajadia said crime scene investigators were inside the home trying to piece together what happened.

"The next step is (police) are going to be conducting investigations, neighbor checks and things like that," he said. "Witnesses, if there are any. And as family members are contacted and we are able to release information, we will go in that order."

At about 2 p.m., yesterday, medics removed the three bodies from the house on stretchers.
They carried two adult-sized bodies, covered in yellow sheets, into an ambulance parked by the front yard. The third body, which was smaller, was under a white sheet.

Dededo resident Paul Blas said the house was owned by Anthony Miner, who lives there with his girlfriend and at least three children.

Blas, a Marianas Variety photographer who waited outside the house, was interviewed by police officers at the scene.

Blas said he was a family friend of Miner. He had visited the family twice in the last two weeks, including a visit a few nights ago.

Their children played together and everything seemed fine, Blas said.

As inspectors combed the house and yard, police closed off a short side street that led to at least two neighboring homes.

About 20 family and friends gathered in the closed area to grieve and wait for information. A small girl in the group hugged a man and sobbed against his waist.

"We are interviewing them, as well as the neighbors, to determine exactly what has taken place at this residence," Balajadia said.

The Pacific Daily News attempted to interview nearby residents and family members, but they declined to comment.