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David Grodnick, a 61-year-old New Jersey insurance executive, shot his wife Lora, 62, and daughter Sloane, 24, before taking his own life on October 2 at their $1.75 million mansion in Montgomery Township. Police discovered the bodies after responding to a welfare check request the previous day but were unable to enter the home until later that evening. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office ruled Lora and Sloane's deaths as homicides while David's was classified as suicide, with no immediate public threat indicated by ongoing investigations.
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On October 2, David Grodnick, a 61-year-old New Jersey insurance executive, shot his wife Lora and their daughter Sloane, who was 24, before taking his own life in their $1.75 million mansion located on Wild Azalea Lane in Montgomery Township, New Jersey. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office revealed that Lora and Sloane's deaths were classified as homicides while David's death was ruled a suicide. Police first received a welfare check request for the family at around 2:59 p.m. on October 1, but they could not find anyone in the house until gaining entry just before 6 p.m. the following day. The tragedy occurred within a home valued at $1.75 million according to real estate listings.
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A New Jersey insurance executive fatally shot his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself inside of their mansion, according to county officials.
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David Grodnick, 61, his wife Lora Grodnick, 62, and daughter, Sloane Grodnick, 24, were each found with gunshot wounds to the head in the Montgomery Township home on Oct. 2, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Grodnick → find → Office
Investigators determined Lora and Sloane’s deaths to be homicides and David’s a suicide.
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David → determine → ?
Cops were first called to a home on Wild Azalea Lane at about 2:59 p.m. on Oct. 1, after receiving a request for a welfare check on the residents, according to the prosecutor’s office.
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Cops → call → office
Officers were unable to locate the occupants and an investigation began into their whereabouts.
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investigation → locate → whereabouts
They gained entry to the home just before 6 p.m. the next day and discovered the three bodies.
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They → gain → bodies
Lora and Sloane were found in separate bedrooms and David was found elsewhere in the home with a gun still in his hand, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → find → hand
All three were declared dead at the home, which is valued by Zillow at $1.75 million, by medical personnel from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset.
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which → declare → Somerset
“The investigation, which remains ongoing, has yielded that the homicide deaths of both Lora and Sloane Grodnick were an isolated incident and there are no threats to the public from this tragic occurrence,” Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said in Tuesday’s release.
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Office → remain → release
David Grodnick was a senior vice president and underwriting counsel for Land Services USA, a Philadelphia-based insurance agency working on commercial real estate transactions across the country, according to the Montgomery News.
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Grodnick → base → News
He had a degree in business administration from the University of Miami and a BA in English from McDaniel College, where he played lacrosse, the outlet reported.
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outlet → have → lacrosse
Sloane Grodnick graduated from The Hun School, a ritzy private boarding school in Princeton, before graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design, according tot he Montgomery News.
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Grodnick → graduate → News
She had been pursuing a master’s degree at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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She → pursue → Design
The family had moved to Montgomery Township from Princeton and were members of the exclusive Bedens Brook Country Club in Skillman as well as TPC Jasna Polana, a premier private club in Princeton.
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family → move → Princeton
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