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Three found shot dead in Ohio home; sheriff says evidence points to murder-suicide

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Daily Mail, New York Post and Fox News report that three people were found shot dead inside a home in Gnadenhutten, a small community south of Canton, Ohio, on Wednesday. The outlets say the victims are Melissa Campbell, 51, Gale Sanders, 67, and their 22-month-old grandson Kozzar Lotut, and that the Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office confirmed all three had gunshot wounds. Deputies were led to the home after a 911 call shortly after 4 a.m. in which a voice was heard softly saying “help” before the line disconnected. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell told WOIO that the evidence was leaning toward a murder-suicide, according to the Post and Fox News, and that he was confident the shootings happened inside the home.

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  1. Three people were found shot dead inside a home in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, on Wednesday, with gunshot wounds.

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    Daily Mail, New York Post
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    Fox News

  2. The victims are identified as Melissa Campbell, 51, Gale Sanders, 67, and their 22-month-old grandson Kozzar Lotut.

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    Daily Mail, New York Post
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    Fox News

  3. A 911 call reached dispatchers shortly after 4 a.m. and disconnected; when called back, a voice was heard softly saying “help.”

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    Daily Mail, New York Post
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    Fox News

  4. Sheriff Orvis Campbell said the evidence was leaning toward a murder-suicide.

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    New York Post
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How each side tells it

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Every outlet supplied reports three people found shot dead in an Ohio home after a 911 call in which a voice whispered help. They centre the mystery of the call and the toddler’s disability, while some of it cites the sheriff’s view that a murder-suicide is the likely explanation.

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  • the right

    3 outlets

    Headlines stress the toddler’s disability, the mystery 911 call or murder-suicide; Far Right Fox News attributes the murder-suicide view to the sheriff, while the Right-rated Post states it as a headline fact.

    Disabled toddler, grandparents found dead in murder-suicide after tragic 911 call pleas softly for ‘help’
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    chillingmystery callerMystery is surrounding

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    chillingMore neutral: 911 call

    The adjective chilling describes the reader’s reaction rather than the facts of the 911 call.

    …two grandparents found shot dead inside an Ohio home have been identified after a chilling 911 call in which dispatchers heard someone apparently whispering 'help' before…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)New York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    mystery callerMore neutral: caller

    The word mystery adds drama to a caller whose identity was not yet known, which the plainer phrase avoids.

    Toddler and grandparents found dead in Ohio home after mystery caller dialed 911 and softly said 'help'

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Mystery is surroundingMore neutral: The investigation is examining

    The phrase frames the deaths as mysterious before the investigation has established the facts, which the plainer wording avoids.

    Mystery is surrounding the deaths of a toddler and his two grandparents after the three of them were…

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

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From the right

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Leads with

  • toddler’s disability
  • mysterious 911 call
  • murder-suicide explanation
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  • Fox NewsFar Right

    Sheriff says evidence 'leaning one way' in shooting deaths of disabled toddler and grandparents: report

    A mysterious 911 call with a whispered "help" led Tuscarawas County deputies to a Gnadenhutten, Ohio, home where three bodies were found inside.

    Read at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Disabled toddler, grandparents found dead in murder-suicide after tragic 911 call pleas softly for ‘help’

    Three people, including a disabled toddler, were found shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide at an Ohio home following a 911 call for help.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    Toddler and grandparents found dead in Ohio home after Sensational language“mystery caller”The word mystery adds drama to a caller whose identity was not yet known, which the plainer phrase avoids.More neutral: callerDisagree with this highlight? dialed 911 and softly said 'help'

    A 22-month-old toddler and his two grandparents have been identified after all three were found shot dead inside an Ohio home on Wednesday.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)

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    First to report

    Daily Mail, Oct 22, 9:19 PM EDT

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  1. Daily MailRightOct 22, 9:19 PM EDT
  2. New York PostRightOct 23, 7:33 AM EDT
  3. Fox NewsFar RightOct 23, 11:05 AM EDT

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