3-yr-old found alive in car with parent's dead bodies

August 13, 2015 10:53 PM

24-year-old Anthony Joseph Costner died from multiple gunshot wounds, while his wife, Catherine Amanda Costner, 22, had at least one gunshot wound.

The young couple, Mr and Mrs Costner with their daughter

A 3-yr-old girl was found alive in a car beside the corpses of her parents who had been murdered.

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The young couple was found dead in their car alongside their unharmed 3-yr-old daughter in the early hours of Thursday, August 6, at the 3700 Block near Sharon Drive in Powder Springs, Georgia by police officers.

The car was found in a ditch with its headlight still on.

24-year-old Anthony Joseph Costner died from multiple gunshot wounds, while his wife, Catherine Amanda Costner, 22, had at least one gunshot wound.

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According to Catherine's mother, Cynthia Quinn, her daughter was called by someone she knew in the middle of the night needing help.

'When they went to help these people, for whatever reason, a gun was pulled and my son-in-law and my daughter are now dead. Her husband was shot in the face, the head and the hand. She was shot in the stomach, all in front of my granddaughter.'