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Child Calls 9-1-1 To Report Triple Homicide In Home [Updated]

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Two men and one woman were found dead in a Fullerton home Saturday morning after a child called the police saying that her parents "had died."NBC L.A. reports that around 8:21 a.m., police responded to the call at a home on the 400 block of Gilbert Street in Fullerton, where they found the three bodies. Police say they also found two children in the home, but both of them were safe.

"This is obviously a tragic event. The Fullerton Police Department has committed all its resources to identifying who is responsible for committing this act," Fullerton police department said via press release. "This incident is being investigated as a multiple homicide."

So far the cause of death of the three victims is not yet known. We'll update this post with more information as it comes.

Updated Sunday, 9/25:

Authorities are looking for a 17-year-old girl, Katlynn Goodwill Yost, who also lived in the house, the L.A. Times reports. She is considered a missing/at-risk person, and was not yet considered either a victim nor a suspect.

Katlynn was described as being white, 5 feet 6, white, around 150 pounds, with dark eyes and strawberry blond hair.

Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus also said in a statement, per the O.C. Register, that "all of the bodies had obvious signs of trauma," but did not specify the cause of death.

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Neighbors told CBS L.A. that the child who called 9-1-1 was in the fourth grade, and that the family was "social," and would throw parties and sit outside at night. Another woman told the Register that someone had reported hearing gunshots on Friday night.

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