Utah horrific shooting: Man shoots wife, five kids, wife's mother dead, kills self 

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The Haight's family. Photo: Facebook

An Utah man, Michael Haight, 42, has reportedly killed his wife and his five children, his wife’s mother and then killed himself two weeks after she filed for divorce.

The victims are Tausha Haight, 40 and Tausha’s mother, 78 year old Gail Earl. The minors were the Haight’s children a 17 year-old female, 12 year-old female, 7-year-old female, 7-year-old male, and a 4-year-old male.

According to Enoch City Police Department in a statement, on January 4, 2023, officers from the department were summoned to 4923 North Albert Drive in reference to a welfare check.

The statement said concerned family and friends contacted police after not hearing from the victims.

“Officers entered the residence at approximately 4 p.m. and discovered three adults and five minors deceased inside the home. Each appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds.

“While this intense investigation is ongoing, investigators currently believe there are no suspects outstanding. Evidence suggests that the suspect took his own life after killing seven others in the home. The suspect is 42 year old Michael Haight.

“The two other adults in the home were Haight’s wife, Tausha Haight, 40 years of age, and Tausha’s mother, 78-year-old Gail Earl. The minors were the Haight’s children a 17 year-old female, 12 year-old female, 7 year old female, 7 year old male, and a 4 year old male,” the police said.

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The New York Post quoted court records as showing wife Tausha had filed for divorce from Michael on Dec. 21, but it was not immediately known why she had sought to end their marriage.

Michael Haight was listed as an Allstate Insurance agent based out of Cedar City, Utah, but a family friend told Fox 13 that he had quit his job just days before the slaughter.

Enoch is a town of about 8,000 people located 245 miles south of Salt Lake City and about equally distant from Las Vegas.

Fox 13 reports that Enoch City police chief Jackson Ames said his department was “familiar” with the family and had been “involved in some investigations with the family a couple years prior,” but did not elaborate on the reason.

Ames added that there had been no recent interactions with the family.

 

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