{"id":770339,"date":"2026-06-30T04:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770339\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:45:45","slug":"2-boys-found-dead-in-ottawa-home-police-link-to-vehicle-fire-near-416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770339\/","title":{"rendered":"2 boys found dead in Ottawa home, police link to vehicle fire near 416"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two boys were found dead in a home in the south community of Leitrim on June 29, 2026. (CityNews) <\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: An earlier press release by police incorrectly indicated one of the boys was 10. This article has been updated with the proper age.<\/p>\n

Two young boys and their father were found dead in what police suspect to be a case of double murder-suicide in Ottawa on Monday.<\/p>\n

The boys aged seven and twelve were found by emergency responders<\/a> around 10:00 a.m. inside a home on Mandevilla Crescent in the Leitrim community when police conducted a wellness check at the prompting on a concerned family friend. <\/p>\n

Next-of-kin are being notified and the names of the children are not being released at this time, Ottawa police say.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday around 5:30 a.m. officials were called to Highway 416 at Rideau River Road, for a vehicle fire<\/a>.<\/a> Ottawa police say that the children\u2019s father was located in the vehicle dead. The carpool lot in Kemptville was closed for the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do believe that\u2019s a suicide,\u201d Supt. Jamie Dunlop said about the discovery of the father, adding that police working on the theory that the father previously murdered his two sons. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do believe this was a double-homicide, suicide at this moment,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Dunlop said the father and mother were divorced. <\/p>\n

He said there are other children in the family and he\u2019s \u201cconfident they are all in good care at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ccomplex investigation\u201d is ongoing as officers say the force is working with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on \u201crelated aspects of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

OPP in Iroquois, Ont., a community along the Seaway, are also \u201cholding\u201d a scene of a business fire for Ottawa police. <\/p>\n

\"\"Map showcasing the approximate scenes of an investigation that is being held for Ottawa police and where the two children were found dead. (Google Maps) <\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigators continue to assess the connections between these incidents and do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the public,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n

Steve Desroches, the councillor for Riverside South-Findlay Creek<\/a>, expressed his condolences on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am shocked & deeply saddened to learn of the tragic deaths in Findlay Creek today, including 2 young children,\u201d he said in a social media post. \u201cThis is a heartbreaking tragedy & my thoughts are with the family & friends at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two boys were found dead in a home in the south community of Leitrim on June 29, 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-770339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}