ETHAN JAMES BROWN - 8 yo - Harrisburg PA

The man who local police spent about 10 hours searching for in connection with the slaying of a mother and son in Brooke County has been found dead in Harrisburg, Pa.Wellsburg police and the Brooke County Sheriff’s Office had been searching for Abraham Allen ever since 31-year-old Melinda Nicole Brown Allen and her 8-year-old son, Ethan James Michael Brown, were found slain in their Wellsburg home Wednesday night.Abraham Allen was the husband of Melinda Allen and a step-father to Ethan Brown.According to local authorities, they were notified by police in the Harrisburg area that Allen’s car was spotted outside a home in the Harrisburg area. A SWAT team converged on the home and when they entered they found a man dead from self inflicted wounds. While a positive identification hasn’t been made, police believe it is Allen.A family member discovered the two bodies at 2103 Maple Avenue in Wellsburg around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Also found inside the home was a 2-year-old boy, who was unharmed. His connection to the deceased was not immediately made public.Investigators are calling the situation one of the most brutal crime scene’s they’ve seen.Police spent much of the overnight hour actively searching for Allen. He was considered a person of interest in the case, according to Sgt. Lester Skinner, of the Wellsburg Police Department.Overnight police continued to search for evidence in the case, including using a fire department ladder truck to search the roof of a nearby warehouse.Brown was enrolled in the Brooke County School system, attending Franklin Primary in Wellsburg. A crisis intervention team will be at the school Thursday.Wellsburg Police Chief Stanley Kins said a neighbor reported seeing the female victim, whose age hasn’t been released, at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, implying the killings happened sometime in the early-evening hours.There has been an outpouring of community support. Family members and friends gathered in the hours after the discovery to comfort one another.

The suspect in a horrific double-murder in West Virginia was found dead in Dauphin County. The man was wanted for stabbing his estranged wife and 8-year-old son to death.
The story begins in Wellsburg, W.V., where a family member found Melinda Allen and her 8-year-old son, Ethan Brown, both stabbed to death. Melinda was in the bedroom, the little boy in the hallway.
Investigators believe her estranged husband, Abraham Allen, killed them Wednesday morning.
The family member also found the couple's 2-year-old son in the home, unharmed.
Abraham's last known address was on Lescure Court in Susquehanna Township. When officers were one block away, they found his car.
"We surrounded the house with our patrol force. We gathered more information about the homicide and that's when I elected to activate the Dauphin County Crisis Response Team," said Chief Robert Martin.
It was a frightening scene for neighbors on this usually quiet cul de sac.
"It's scary, because it's very serious. There's never a problem here," said neighbor Kolyo Sopotski.
"This wasn't the first time officers had heard of Abraham Allen. They were also called to the home in 2009 when he allegedly made a threat against his wife.
"You're dealing with someone who just committed two murders, is on the run and desperate, so every precaution needs to be made," said Martin.
After several hours, the SERT team fired tear gas in the home, then went inside. They found Abraham dead, after apparently hanging himself with a belt.
Investigators said they were never able to establish contact with him.
"Absolutely none. I believe he had been dead for several hours before our arrival on scene," said Martin.
Neighbors said Abraham bought the house in 2008, but his wife soon left him. They hadn't seen Abraham at the now-vacant home in more than one year.