Father/stepfather kills 4 children, critically injures biological mother, police say

A man who public records show lives at the location of a quadruple homicide in Dearborn Heights has previously served time in prison for second-degree murder.

In 1991, Green stabbed his pregnant wife to death then called police to the Detroit home, according to the Department of Corrections.

A man called police early Wednesday morning and said that he had murdered his children and step children.

The auto where the man’s children, a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, were asphyxiated was parked outside the home and had a hose hooked to the exhaust that was routed into the vehicle, Krause said. The mother was also shot and attacked at the residence.

It is not clear which children are the suspect’s biological children, and which are his stepchildren.

The woman, whose age wasn’t immediately available, is in critical condition, Krause said.

Police in the city of Dearborn Heights responded to the family around 1am Wednesday and took a suspect into custody.

Stay with WWJ Newsradio 950 and CBSDetroit.com for the latest. When officers arrived, he was waiting on the porch and taken into custody. In the basement, a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man were bound and shot. She said she recalls seeing the mother as well but said the father worked long hours and was rarely home.

The man’s wife filed for divorce in August, according to the Free Press.

Neighbors described the family as quiet. Police say the man was the father of some of the children and a stepfather to others.

State police are on the scene with a crime lab, assisting local police.

Police have been to the home in the past for domestic violence issues, the station said.

Two neighbors said the three younger children were girls, the eldest a boy.