Family of 4 Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide by New York Police Sergeant

Published on December 31, 2023

NEW YORK—A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Mr. Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department....