LAHORE: Police are nonetheless awaiting forensic and autopsy reviews to find out the reason for mysterious deaths of 4 members of a US-based household, together with a girl and her three youngsters, who had been discovered lifeless in a rented home in Valencia City two days in the past.
The deceased had been recognized as Aleena and her youngsters Rehan (16), Aresha (11) and Arsal (6).
In accordance with investigators, the household had just lately returned to Pakistan from the USA and had been dwelling in a rented home.
Police had taken Aleena’s husband Nasir Dogar into custody for questioning earlier than releasing him after recording his assertion on Saturday.
Police quoted Dogar as saying that he had gone to the market and located his spouse and youngsters mendacity unconscious when he returned dwelling. They had been later pronounced lifeless.
He instructed the investigators that his spouse had been affected by psychological well being points for the previous three to 4 years and she or he was receiving therapy for the final six months.
He claimed that his spouse was nonetheless aware when he reached dwelling and she or he instructed him that the youngsters had gone to observe a film with a relative earlier than her situation deteriorated. He mentioned she later misplaced consciousness and died, whereas the our bodies of the three youngsters had been present in one other room of the home.
A senior investigation official instructed Daybreak That preliminary inquiries recommended the chance that the lady had administered poison to the youngsters earlier than consuming it herself. Nonetheless, he burdened that investigators had been analyzing the case from a number of angles and had not reached a remaining conclusion.
“The precise trigger and circumstances of the deaths will solely be established after the autopsy and forensic reviews are obtained,” the official mentioned.
Police mentioned additional authorized motion can be determined in gentle of the medical and forensic proof.
Revealed in Daybreak, July nineteenth, 2026
