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Now to today's story.

In many family annihilation cases, the perpetrator is the parent, often the father.

Potential motives vary from a discovered affair to a vicious custody battle or threat of divorce.

These cases often end with the tragic deaths of everybody involved, including the suicide of the perpetrator.

For every rule, there's an exception, and the Browning family murders didn't follow any of these patterns.

To begin with, the Browning family didn't seem to have any of the turmoil that can lead to a family annihilation. John W. Browning, the family's father, was a successful attorney who had been

happily married to his wife, Tamara, for years. They had their first child, Nicholas, in February 1992,

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