Cops investigating consensual murder-suicide of Pennsylvania woman and parents trends now

A Pennsylvania woman, 26, who encouraged her parents into a planned suicide pact was found last week holding a decorative 2.5 to 3 feet long, metal sword inscribed with the words 'The Sword of the Lord' on its blade.

The bodies of Morgan Daub, her mother Deborah, 59, and her father James, 62, were found behind her parents' home on Loman Avenue in West Manchester Township where the massacre took place.

The 26-year-old was found with the sword in her left hand and an empty gun holster on the right side of her belt on the morning of Jan 25 after neighbors saw the bodies and called 911.

A 'living will' had been taped to the inside of the sliding glass door of the home signed by all three members of the family, according to a search warrant obtained by AI.com.

The document said that the trio had not wanted to be resuscitated had they been found alive.

'At the bottom of the note are three distinctly unique signatures for each name listed about followed by a date of 1/24/2023 written beneath the names,' wrote Joseph Staley, an officer with West Manchester, on the search warrant.

James and Deborah's deaths were ruled as homicides by the York Country Coroner Pamela Gay, while Morgan's death has been ruled a suicide.

Police have not confirmed who killed whom and in what order, however all three died from gunshot wounds to the head. Despite finding the knife, no cutting injuries were found.

The black and silver 'Sword of the Lord,' a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm pistol, a Sig Sauer AR-15, and 9mm shell casings and bullet fragments were collected from the scene, according to the outlet.

Suicide notes, documenting important financial information as well as notes from the Bible were also found in the trash.

Police also found a document called 'Cooper's Dog Letter,' which was a list of detailed instructions about how to care for the dog they left behind drugged so it would not bite first responders.

Snowfall had initially hidden a handgun which was later located in the backyard by officials.

Gunshots rang out in the quiet neighborhood on the morning of Jan 25 prompting police to descend on the Daub family home after a call from a concerned neighbor.

Officers put up a cordon while a white tent was placed in the garden to mask the horrific sight of the Daub family laying lifeless in the backyard with gunshot wounds to their heads.

Detectives who analyzed 'communications from the family members' found at the scene discovered evidence that the killings were pre-planned and all three family members appeared to have agreed to take part in the grisly murder-suicide pact. 

Daub posted a rambling video to her YouTube channel on November 26 under the username LionessArising. 

She opens the video with a mock British accent before declaring: 'I, Morgan Elizabeth Daub, York, Pennsylvania, United States of America, do you hereby abdicate the Throne of the United Kingdom.'

Several minutes later, she adds: 'This is funny… This was the penultimate plan against me and against God. Didn't know I was the ideal pick for Antichrist, for the devil.' 

'I was the ideal pick for Antichrist.'  

A caption posted beneath the video says: 'This is a public record of my abdicating the throne and cannot and will not be retracted by me.

'I was not in any way coerced into abdicating. I am of sound mind and body, and I have chosen this of my own free will. Also, I fully intend to sign official documents at the earliest convenience.