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Police seize grandfather's firearms from Margaret River suspected murder-suicide scene

Police say three firearms found on the Margaret River property where seven family members were killed in a suspected murder-suicide were owned by the grandfather.

Police forensics investigate the death of seven people in a suspected murder-suicide in Osmington, east of Margaret River, 260km south west of Perth, Friday, May 11, 2018. (AAP Image/ The West Australian POOL, Justin Benson-Cooper) NO ARCHIVING

A property in Osmington in the South West of Western Australia is the scene of a crime scene where seven people were found dead. Source: AAP

WA Police have confirmed the identities of the seven people found shot dead at a rural property in Margaret River on Friday, as investigations continue into the suspected murder-suicide.

The three adults and four children were three generations of the one family. 

WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said formal identification is yet to be completed, but police believe the deceased to be Peter John Miles, 61, Cynda Miles, 58, Katrina Miles, 35, and her four children Tae, 13, Rye, 12, Ari, 10, and Kayden, 8. 

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