 Following the deaths Broken Arrow Police Department said the incident 'is likely a murder-suicide involving two adults and six children'. It stated: 'The two adults are being investigated as the primary suspects.' The report of the fire was made at 4pm and Mr Nelson's parents Danny and Marilyn told the Tulsa World that their son had asked if they could come round to babysit at 3pm. But the parents had asked if their son could bring the children around to their home at 5pm which had been agreed upon. 'Five came and went. Then it was 6. I texted them — no responses,' Danny Nelson said. 'I turned on the 6 o'clock news, and they said there had been a fire near Hickory and Galveston in Broken Arrow. That's where my son lives.' Police are investigating the deaths as murder-suicide ( Fox) The children were named by their grandparents as Brian II, age 13, Brantley, nine,){kind=link}
A couple who died in an Oklahoma house fire along with their six children, in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide, were suffering from financial problems and illness
A couple who died in an Oklahoma house fire along with their six children in a suspected murder- suicide were suffering financial trouble and ill-health, family members have said.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the blaze following reports of the fire at the house in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow, on October 27.
Six children were tragically found dead in one room at the rear of the house where the fire was contained.
Police have now reportedly identified the parents as Brian Nelson, 34, and Brittney Nelson, 32, while the children’s ages ranged from one to 13.