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Police: MN dies after killing girlfriend, baby girl

The Marion County Sheriff's Office got the call Saturday morning after a motorist found the Minnesota man and his 32-year-old girlfriend from Wisconsin and their 1-year-old daughter, lying in the middle of a remote clay road in the Ocala National Forest.
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OCALA, Fla. - Authorities in Florida say a Minnesota man has died two days after killing his girlfriend and young child before shooting himself.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office said Monday morning that 27-year-old Kevin Benjamin Olesen Farias of Waconia, Minnesota, died from self-inflicted wounds. A motorist found the family in the middle of a clay road in the Ocala National Forest on Saturday morning.

Authorities believe Farias fatally shot his girlfriend before attempting suicide, but he temporarily survived his wounds.

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