HARRISBURG, Ore. (AP) — Linn County sheriff’s officers say a Harrisburg man stabbed his 13-year-old son to death before taking his own life.
Sheriff’ Tim Mueller says detectives determined that 49-year-old Darwin D. Stout killed his son, Jared, sometime Wednesday morning before stabbing himself to death. Their bodies were found by Stout’s wife and the boy’s mother when she returned home from work Wednesday evening.
Investigators say it’s unclear why Stout killed his boy and himself, although it was reported that he had been making irrational statements and had gone to a Eugene hospital for an evaluation. Detectives say Stout was released after hospital officials determined he was not a threat to himself or others.
