Lauren Stuart was an American former Jehovah's Witness who murdered her family and later turned the gun on herself. ^{[undefined] [undefined]} Due to the apparent murder/suicide that had taken place, her friends, family, and neighbors investigated the affiliations the family had, concluding that involvement and alienation from the Watchtower Society's Jehovah's Witnesses organization were among the reasons for the tragedy. ^{[undefined] [undefined]}

Stuart had been a resident of the state of Michigan for most of her life. She and her husband, Daniel, were each Jehovah's Witnesses for many years until about 2012 when they decided to explore and take a different approach to their spiritual life. ^{[undefined] [undefined]}

The couple raised two children: Steven who was 25; and Bethany, who was 27 years old.

Both of their kids were college graduates.

The family live in the town of Keego Harbor for nearly two decades. ^[undefined]

Stuart had several jobs while her husband worked for the University of Michigan. She was once a part-time personal trainer at YMCA in the town of Farmington Hills and was also a house cleaner some time. ^[undefined]

Some time after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses, Stuart took to modeling and acting as a way to explore her inner creative passions. ^[1] She attended numerous workshops where she asked many questions, and connected with several photographers and other working individuals. ^[undefined]

According to one of her profiles on the internet, she wrote the following:

She was given an opportunity by a modeling agency that took her as she was looking for an entity that could represent an older model like herself.

She was considered to be an attractive person and very nice.

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In the morning of February 16th, 2018, the bodies of Lauren, her husband Daniel, and both of their children, were found dead inside of the Stuart family home.

Their dog was also found in a bathtub inside one of the bathrooms.

The police and other authorities affirm that the violent was an apparent family murder/suicide that took place.

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The police went to investigate the family home after another relative called out of concern for the family.

The neighbors of the family who go by the Tristanis, find the death of the family puzzling as they knew Lauren to be a hard-working person who enjoyed working on her yard and also worked on remodeling her house on her own.

^[undefined] Lauren would often borrow tools from the Tristanis to work on her home projects.

They recall a time when she tried to recruit them into the Jehovah's Witnesses, but they declined as they are Catholic.

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A friend of the family who goes by the name of Joyce Taylor, blames the Jehovah's Witnesses organization for the family murder/suicide.

As a reaction to the tragedy, Taylor attended the Kingdom Hall service on Sunday, days after the murder took place and expressed the religion’s controversial practices.

she had an “outburst”, she said the following: ^[undefined]

Taylor says that Lauren was shunned by the people involved in the church everywhere she went.

Because her husband Daniel wanted to have their children attend college and the congregation did not allow it, they chose to have a different kind of life that came with consequences related to the way members of the congregation treated them in the neighborhood.

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