05/08/09
Tragic Discovery in North Garland -
Categories: Murder-suicide suspected in death of 10-year-old and his dad
04:17 PM CDT on Friday, May 8, 2009
By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News
jtrahan@dallasnews.com
A 37-year-old Sachse man is suspected of killing his 10-year-old son in a Garland park before committing suicide, authorities said.
Someone walking a dog just after 7 a.m. found Matthew Jason Knapp and his son, Brody, dead near the 2100 block of East Brand Road in One Eleven Ranch Park, which is near the Firewheel Golf Course. A pistol was found nearby, said Officer Joe Harn, Garland police spokesman.
Police also found a sport utility vehicle nearby, he said. When they ran its registration, it came back to Knapp. That was also how investigators learned that the family had filed a missing persons report with Sachse police a few hours earlier, Harn said. Knapp and his son had apparently not returned home after church.
Knapp has no known criminal history, Harn said.
The Knapps live about four miles from where the bodies were found. Harn said it is a relatively remote location, and as yet, no one has reported hearing any shooting last night.
An autopsy will have to be performed to determine the official cause and manner of death, but Harn says investigators believe it was a murder suicide.
UPDATE: A subsequent news story in the Dallas Morning News adds some information.
UPDATE 2: Son's death ruled homicide. (Scroll to section for Garland.)
UPDATE 3: Medical Examiner rules murder/suicide.
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