The Brief A family of eight was found dead Friday inside their burning Grand Haven home. Kristopher Karolkiewicz, the father of the family, has been identified as the shooter who killed his wife and children. Investigators have ruled a murder-suicide in the case of eight family members found dead inside a burning Grand Haven home. Grand Haven family deadThe backstory:Kristopher Karolkiewicz, the family's father, murdered his wife and six children before setting the home ablaze and killing himself, said the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. Kristopher Karolkiewicz, age 47, and his wife, Amanda Karolkiewicz, age 39, were both of Grand Haven.