Family speaks out after 8 found dead in fire ruled murder-suicide, investigation ongoing
GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WWMT) — Travel was one of 39-year-old Amanda "Mandy" Karolkiewicz's many joys in life, according to family. She had just taken her two adopted daughters to China. Nothing came second to her family , though. "Her kids were in everything she did,” her cousin, Emily Jones , said, speaking on behalf of the family. Mandy was raising six kids alongside her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz. The children, who are not being identified, included four boys, ages 15, 12, 11 and 5, and two 11-year-old girls.
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We pray for God’s peace and comfort as we grieve their deaths and honor their lives." Autopsies indicate that Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, shot and killed his wife and their six children before setting multiple fires inside their home, and then turning the gun on himself.
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GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WWMT) — Travel was one of 39-year-old Amanda "Mandy" Karolkiewicz's many joys in life, according to family. She had just taken her two adopted daughters to China. Nothing came second to her family , though. "Her kids were in everything she did,” her cousin, Emily Jones , said, speaking on behalf of the family. Mandy was raising six kids alongside her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz. The children, who are not being identified, included four boys, ages 15, 12, 11 and 5, and two 11-year-old girls.
