Henry Co., VA - Autopsy reports support the Henry County Sheriff's Department's theory that an Axton man took his life, after killing his wife and one son.

The report says Ronnie Carter Junior was shot in the head. His mother Bonnie, in the torso. The senior Carter died from a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head.

Timothy survived, and is in fair condition at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem.

His survival instinct helped him get away to a neighbor's for help.  Neighbor Deborah Aakers said, "He just said that his dad had killed his mother and his brother. And he thought he had killed him. He had played dead."

Investigators tell us they hope speaking more extensively with Timothy Carter, after he recovers, will help shed more light on what happened.

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