Family found hanged in Texas

Four children and their mother have been found hanged in their mobile home in the US state of Texas, police said.

A relative found the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and her four daughters aged five, three, two and eight months, in a wardrobe.{{more}}

The youngest – the only survivor – was taken to hospital when she was discovered still to be breathing.

Police at the scene, about 25 miles (40km) west of Fort Worth, said the deaths appeared to be a murder-suicide.

Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said the children had been hanged with strips of clothing and sashes at the Oak Hills mobile home park.

“It’s terrible, terrible,” he said.