Indiana boy, 14, killed cousin, her boyfriend, then himself

<p>BLOOMFIELD, Ind. &mdash; A 14-year-old southern Indiana boy found dead in a home along with his cousin and her boyfriend fatally shot the pair before he turned the gun on himself, authorities said.</p>
<p>Autopsies showed Cole Bixler used 22-year-old Mason George’s gun to shoot George, then his 21-year-old cousin, Jessica Bixler, before shooting himself, Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw announced Monday. </p>
<p>An autopsy showed each was shot in the head once in the April 16 incident at a home near the unincorporated community Owensburg where George and Jessica Bixler had lived.</p>
<p>George was shot as he was apparently sleeping on a couch and Jessica Bixler was shot in her bedroom. Cole Bixler’s body was found in the same room, Holtsclaw said.</p>
<p>Jessica Bixler’s mother discovered the bodies after she went the home.</p>
<p>Investigators said they learned that Cole Bixler had “mentioned to others that he had been having thoughts of harming himself,” Holtsclaw said in a news release.</p>
<p>He said no criminal charges would be filed in the case.</p>