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| US police officer Joshua Boren had raped wife several times before murdering her and children in shooting rampage | US police officer Joshua Boren had raped wife several times before murdering her and children in shooting rampage |
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| A US police officer murdered his British wife, their two children and his mother-in-law before killing himself after his wife found out that she had been repeatedly drugged and raped by him, a police report has found. | |
| The Spanish Fork Police Department in Utah have only just finished their investigation into Joshua Boren’s shootings in January. | The Spanish Fork Police Department in Utah have only just finished their investigation into Joshua Boren’s shootings in January. |
| He went on the rampage in the family home, using his police gun to shoot dead his seven-year-old son, Joshua, and five-year-old daughter, Haley. | He went on the rampage in the family home, using his police gun to shoot dead his seven-year-old son, Joshua, and five-year-old daughter, Haley. |
| Officers found that 32-year-old Kelly Boren, who was originally from Northampton, had been drugged and raped by her husband several times over a period of time. | Officers found that 32-year-old Kelly Boren, who was originally from Northampton, had been drugged and raped by her husband several times over a period of time. |
| Boren's therapist told authorities the police officer filmed the assaults and his wife only found out what had happened when she discovered the tapes in 2013. | Boren's therapist told authorities the police officer filmed the assaults and his wife only found out what had happened when she discovered the tapes in 2013. |
| She told a few friends but did not report it to police because she did not want to ruin her husband's career, the report said. | She told a few friends but did not report it to police because she did not want to ruin her husband's career, the report said. |
| The couple had reportedly been separated for some time when Mrs Boren confronted her husband about the rapes by text, the night before she was killed. | The couple had reportedly been separated for some time when Mrs Boren confronted her husband about the rapes by text, the night before she was killed. |
| Police gather outside the family home in Spanish Fork, Utah, where the family were murdered on 16 January 2014. A Spanish Fork Police report shows Boren, 34, and his wife exchanged heated texts the night and morning before the January killings. | Police gather outside the family home in Spanish Fork, Utah, where the family were murdered on 16 January 2014. A Spanish Fork Police report shows Boren, 34, and his wife exchanged heated texts the night and morning before the January killings. |
| The Deseret News reported that she texted her husband saying their marriage was over. | The Deseret News reported that she texted her husband saying their marriage was over. |
| She texted the word "rape" to him four times, the documents show. | She texted the word "rape" to him four times, the documents show. |
| "I hate my life because (of) you," she texted. "You killed a part of me." | "I hate my life because (of) you," she texted. "You killed a part of me." |
| She wrote in another text: "I don't want to live in fear and hate and anger." | She wrote in another text: "I don't want to live in fear and hate and anger." |
| The next morning, Mrs Boren told her husband she would take the children. He replied: "Don't involve the kids, they are innocent." | The next morning, Mrs Boren told her husband she would take the children. He replied: "Don't involve the kids, they are innocent." |
| According to the police report, Boren was sexually abused as a child, struggled with drug addiction as a young man and pornography addiction throughout his life, and had a deep-rooted hatred for his mother. | According to the police report, Boren was sexually abused as a child, struggled with drug addiction as a young man and pornography addiction throughout his life, and had a deep-rooted hatred for his mother. |
| After his father committed suicide when he was five, she began using drugs and seeing several men, one of whom allegedly abused Boren. | After his father committed suicide when he was five, she began using drugs and seeing several men, one of whom allegedly abused Boren. |
| His sister told police he blamed his mother for not protecting him and his therapist described him as a “three-year-old boy stuck in a big man’s body”. | His sister told police he blamed his mother for not protecting him and his therapist described him as a “three-year-old boy stuck in a big man’s body”. |
| "Josh was a very troubled individual that felt like he was about to lose his wife and children," police wrote in the report. | "Josh was a very troubled individual that felt like he was about to lose his wife and children," police wrote in the report. |
| He had worked for the Lindon Police Department for only three months before the murder-suicide. | He had worked for the Lindon Police Department for only three months before the murder-suicide. |
| Before that, he was a Utah County sheriff's deputy for seven years, said Matt Johnson, from Spanish Fork Police. | Before that, he was a Utah County sheriff's deputy for seven years, said Matt Johnson, from Spanish Fork Police. |
| He used the police handgun he was given for his duties to murder his family and mother-in-law, Mary King. | He used the police handgun he was given for his duties to murder his family and mother-in-law, Mary King. |
| Toxicology reports from the autopsy showed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he carried out the shooting. | Toxicology reports from the autopsy showed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he carried out the shooting. |
| It shocked the city of Spanish Fork in January, as well as friends and family, and investigators said they did not find anyone who believed Boren was capable of the murder. | It shocked the city of Spanish Fork in January, as well as friends and family, and investigators said they did not find anyone who believed Boren was capable of the murder. |
| Despite not living at the house, he reportedly arrived every morning to get the children ready for school and picked them up in the afternoon. | Despite not living at the house, he reportedly arrived every morning to get the children ready for school and picked them up in the afternoon. |
| "He was praised as being an excellent father," Mr Johnson said. | "He was praised as being an excellent father," Mr Johnson said. |