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Mother and 3 young children slain in Tisdale, Sask.

A mother and three children from Tisdale, Sask., were found slain early this morning and police say a suspect in the killings has also been found dead.

Male homicide suspect found dead in Prince Albert

A mother and three children from Tisdale, Sask., were found slain and police say a suspect in the killings has also been found dead.

Police have not released the names, but family members confirmed thewoman who died is LaTashaGosling, 27.

Her children includetwo girls, Janayah, 4, and Jenika, 8, and a boy, Landen, 7, whohave the same surname.

Police made the grim discovery in a mobile homearound 1 a.m. CST Wednesdayin the east-centralSaskatchewan town.

Family members have confirmed that the woman who was slain in a Tisdale mobile home on Wednesday is LaTasha Gosling, 27. Her children who were also killed include, from left, Janayah, 4, Jenika, 8, and Landen, 7. (Submitted by Jessica Rae)

The male suspect was tracked to a homein Prince Albert, and when police entered the premises at 6:20 a.m, they found him dead, RCMP said.

Police would not say how the man died, but said his death wasnot a homicide.

A six-month-oldbaby was found with him. The baby is now being cared for by family.

There were two other adults in the house where the man's body was found, but they won't becharged, police said.

Family members are struggling with the tragic news.

"Very, very devastating finding out my sister and the kids are actually really dead and they're not coming back," Laura Gross told CBC News Wednesday. "That's been very, very difficult for me."

The family has turned to social media for support. A fundraising page was created to help with the costs of a funeral and travel for family members.

"We, the family of the victims of this senseless crime, are reaching out to the world around us in our hour of need," the GoFundMe page says. Within a few hours of being created, the campaign passed its goal of raising $5,000.

Police have not said what the relationship was between the dead man and Gosling and her children, but said they wereknown to each other.

CBC News has learnedfrom multiple sourcesthat the suspected killer and the victim were in a relationship. However, the status of the relationship, at the time of the deaths, was not precisely known. CBC News has also confirmed that theinfant child found at the home in Prince Albert was the child of the suspect andGosling.

The woman and her children had been reported missing the day before.

'Hard-working young family'

A woman whoalong with her husband owns Wicks' Mobile Home Parkon the north side of the townsaid a young couple and children had been staying there. Police confirmed that's where the woman and three children died.

Police tape surrounds a trailer at the Wicks' Mobile Home Park in Tisdale, Sask. (Ryan Pilon/CBC)

"I believe it was in one of my trailers 'cause right now as I look I have a store right across from there and I can see several police cars sitting there with yellow tape around the trailer,"said Laurie, who didn't want her last name published.

She described them as a"hard-workingyoung family" and said the father had recently been laid off from his job in the Alberta oilpatch.

"They were very quiet and I had no problems with them at all," she said. "They were very good, very quiet. No neighbours complained about them."

RCMP spokeswoman Mandy Maier talks with reporters on Wednesday to provide details on the slayings. (Ryan Pilon/CBC)

Tisdale, a town of 3,200 people,is about 211 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

News of the deaths sent shock waves through the town and the province.

"Just tremendous shock can't believe it,"TisdaleMayor AlJellicoesaid. "It's never happened before."

People in the community were horrified by the news.

"It makes me sick to my stomach," neighbour Lorna Townsend said. "Who could do that to children?"

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall posted a comment on Twitter.

"Our thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and community dealing with the indescribable tragedy," Wall wrote.

The bodies of a woman and her three young children were found in a mobile home in Tisdale, Sask., on Wednesday morning. The body of the male suspect in the case was found about 135 kilometres northwest in Prince Albert.