Mother, 3 Daughters Found Dead In Eastern Missouri

CREATED Sep. 6, 2012

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DE SOTO,  Mo.  (AP)  -  A woman from eastern Missouri and her three young daughters have been found shot to death in a rural area south of St. Louis.

Names of the victims have not been released.  De Soto is about 45 miles south of St. Louis.

News reports say the woman's estranged boyfriend is being questioned by police.  Jefferson County Sheriff Glen Boyer says detectives are also looking into the possibility of a murder-suicide.

Boyer  says the woman had a restraining order against the boyfriend.  He lived at the home where the bodies were found.