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On June 7, 2015, four-year-old Woodrow Woody Bournes and his family were killed at their remote off-the-grid cabin in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest near Deer Lodge, Montana. Authorities say the deaths were part of a murder-suicide carried out by the children’s father, 59-year-old Michael Augustine Bournes.

According to reports, Michael Bournes contacted an acquaintance that morning, stating he had killed his family and intended to take his own life; the acquaintance alerted authorities. Responding crews found the secluded cabin on fire. Investigators determined Michael first shot his wife, 37-year-old Arie Arlynn Lee, and their one-year-old daughter, Arie, then shot his sons Augustine Gus, five, and Woodrow, four. He reportedly carried the boys back inside, placed them with their mother and sister, set a piece of furniture on fire, lay down beside them, and shot himself. The investigation concluded Michael Bournes was the sole perpetrator and the case was closed.

Does anyone who knew the family or saw them in Deer Lodge have details that could add to the record?