Dad Speaks Out After Estranged Wife, Missing Son Are Found Dead in Garage: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'

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The father of the 6-year-old boywho was found dead with his motherin an apparent murder-suicide has released a statement calling his son an “amazing young boy.”

On Friday evening, Phillip Oliver “Ollie” Wiedemann and his 46-year-old mother, Candace Rochelle Harbin, were discovered dead inside a minivan, according to the Waxahachie Police Department.

Hours earlier, Ollie’s father John — who is estranged from Harbin — reported his son missing.

Ollie was last seen Thursday afternoon at a vape store in Waxahachie with Harbin.

When authorities were unable to locate Ollie or contact Harbin, police issued an Amber Alert and an arrest warrant, for kidnapping, for Harbin. She did not have custody of the boy,the Dallas Morning News reports.

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Ollie Weidemann and Candace Harbin.Waxahachie Police Department

At 6:30 p.m., Harbin’s minivan was found in a downtown Waxahachie parking garage. Both she and Ollie were unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not released how the child and his mother died but they say it was a murder-suicide. Their bodies have been sent to the Dallas medical examiner for an autopsy.

source: people.com