The police announced this on Wednesday after receiving answers to the toxicological tests that were taken in connection with the autopsies.
As previously stated, findings at the scene indicate that the dead were asleep when they were killed, says police attorney Ann Iren Svane Mathiassen in the Sørøst police district in a press release.
The police further write that one of those killed slept with earplugs, and that this may be one of the explanations for the person not being woken up by gunshots. In addition, one of those killed slept on one floor and the other two slept on the floor below.
Signe (left), Ingunn (centre) and Sander Slatten were found murdered in the family home at Torpo in Ål municipality. Photo: Private
It was on the evening of Saturday 23 March that four people were found dead in a detached house at Torpo in Ål in Hallingdal. The four were a whole family: Ingunn Slaatten (53), Sander Slaatten (22) and Signe Slaatten (18) were shot and killed. In the house, the police also found the father of the family, Arne Slaatten (59), who the police believe killed his family before then taking his own life.
Because he took his own life after the murders, no charges will be brought against him.
Last week, the police said that the investigation into the murder case will soon be completed, and that it can therefore soon provide the remaining answers. Mathiassen said the police are starting to get an idea of what happened before the murders.
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