This story discusses suicide.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).A registered sex offender with a lengthy criminal history allegedly slaughtered the mother of his children and their four young kids inside their Kansas home, weeks after police had encounters with him over what the chief described as "erratic behavior."Ronald H.
Williams Sr., 53, allegedly killed Kelly L.George, 44, and their four children, Carol A.
Williams, 9; Ronald H.Williams Jr., 7; Sarah K.
Williams, 5; and Kelly M.Magee-Williams, 3, before making a chilling 911 call Tuesday morning, according to authorities.Williams allegedly told the dispatcher that he had killed his entire family and was preparing to kill himself.FLORIDA DEPUTY KILLED EX-GIRLFRIEND OVER A TV, THEN HIMSELF, SHERIFF SAYSRonald Williams allegedly killed a woman and four children inside a Winfield, Kan., home before taking his own life, authorities said.
(Google Maps/Kansas Bureau of Investigation)Officers happened to be working a traffic crash roughly two blocks away and raced to the Winfield home almost immediately, Police Chief Robbie DeLong said during a news conference.As the first officer approached the house, a single gunshot rang out from inside.With officers initially unable to determine what had happened inside, police backed away, established a perimeter and treated the home as a barricaded situation.Nearly two hours later, officers breached the front door.Inside, they discovered a devastating scene, with Williams, George and all four children dead from gunshot wounds.Investigators also believe the final gunshot heard by the arriving officer was Williams taking his own life.MICHIGAN DAD SHOT WIFE, SIX KIDS THEN SET FAMILY HOME ABLAZE IN MURDER-SUICIDE, SHERIFF SAYSResidential neighborhood in Winfield, Kan., where authorities investigated the deaths of five family members.(Google Maps)But the news conference also ...