Michael Haight

ENOCH, Utah (AP) — A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife and then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for ...

He was in the Boy Scouts and went on a church mission in Brazil. It has a view of houses with snow-covered roofs and mountains in the distance. Sharon Huntsman of Cedar City came to the neighborhood with a bouquet of white flowers Thursday morning. The home where the victims were found was decorated with Christmas lights and located in a neighborhood of newly built single-family houses on a ridge overlooking Enoch. The White House said in a statement that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were mourning with the Enoch community. “We told them last night,” said city councilman Richard Jensen, a father of eight. Many residents served in church alongside members of the slain family or went to school with the children, city officials said. Police were dispatched to the family’s home Wednesday afternoon for a welfare check after someone reported that she had missed an appointment earlier in the week, city officials said. Tausha Haight’s mother, 78-year-old Gail Earl, was said to have been staying with the family to help during a difficult time. He said he met with Tausha Haight only twice, mostly recently on Tuesday, and she “was an incredibly nice lady.” The killings rocked the small town of Enoch in southern Utah about halfway between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Many residents work and do business in nearby Cedar City, a city of about 35,000 that serves as a commercial hub for Enoch, which doesn’t have its own downtown.