Man, 4-year-old, infant found dead inside home after domestic disturbance reported
Updated: 4:51 AM PDT Apr 24, 2019
Police say the mother of two young children found dead inside a Seymour home Friday is safe, but police have yet to identify any suspects in the deaths of the children and a 35-year-old man.The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that Seymour police said Sunday that they have turned over the investigation to the Department of Criminal Investigations within the Wisconsin Justice Department. The three were found dead inside the home Friday morning. Police first responded to the home about 11:20 p.m. Thursday for a report of a domestic disturbance, but weren't able to connect with anyone inside despite repeated attempts.The Outagamie County Emergency Response Team entered the home around 8 a.m. Friday.The victims were identified as Mattelin "Mattie" Annie Samson, age 4, Hailey Kaye Poppe, age 3 months, and Andrew R. Poppe, 35, according to WBAY. Authorities said the public is not in danger and that "the mother of the children victimized, is safe." An obituary for the children described them as sweet and affectionate. "Mattie was 'all girl,' a princess obsessed with Frozen who loved to wear dresses and lip gloss and could not get enough of the color pink. Her joy for life was so intense that she skipped while others walked and would tell you that her eye color was 'rainbow.' Named after her father, she would constantly sing and dance just as he did, and challenged her mother to daily 'I love you' contests, ending days of declaring her love for her mother by asserting that she loved her 'way, way more,'" the obituary reads. "Hailey's mother calls her a 'heaven-sent gift' and described her as 'the best snuggler' who loved the attention of her siblings and the chance to excite them with her smiles," it continued. "It was clear that, even at a few months old, Hailey shared her sister's sweet personality and love for affection."Mattelin "Mattie" Annie Samson's father died in 2013. "The family impacted by this tragedy does need the community's support, and to that effect a memorial fund is going to be established through Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home," police stated in a release. Donation information can be found here.
SEYMOUR, Wis. —
Police say the mother of two young children found dead inside a Seymour home Friday is safe, but police have yet to identify any suspects in the deaths of the children and a 35-year-old man.
The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that Seymour police said Sunday that they have turned over the investigation to the Department of Criminal Investigations within the Wisconsin Justice Department.
The three were found dead inside the home Friday morning. Police first responded to the home about 11:20 p.m. Thursday for a report of a domestic disturbance, but weren't able to connect with anyone inside despite repeated attempts.
The Outagamie County Emergency Response Team entered the home around 8 a.m. Friday.
The victims were identified as Mattelin "Mattie" Annie Samson, age 4, Hailey Kaye Poppe, age 3 months, and Andrew R. Poppe, 35, according to WBAY.
Authorities said the public is not in danger and that "the mother of the children victimized, is safe."
An obituary for the children described them as sweet and affectionate.
"Mattie was 'all girl,' a princess obsessed with Frozen who loved to wear dresses and lip gloss and could not get enough of the color pink. Her joy for life was so intense that she skipped while others walked and would tell you that her eye color was 'rainbow.' Named after her father, she would constantly sing and dance just as he did, and challenged her mother to daily 'I love you' contests, ending days of declaring her love for her mother by asserting that she loved her 'way, way more,'" the obituary reads.
"Hailey's mother calls her a 'heaven-sent gift' and described her as 'the best snuggler' who loved the attention of her siblings and the chance to excite them with her smiles," it continued. "It was clear that, even at a few months old, Hailey shared her sister's sweet personality and love for affection."
Mattelin "Mattie" Annie Samson's father died in 2013.
"The family impacted by this tragedy does need the community's support, and to that effect a memorial fund is going to be established through Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home," police stated in a release.
Donation information can be found here.