Neighbors will be in shock “for a while” after five people were killed in their home

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Neighbors of a West Valley City community are still in shock almost a full day later Five people were found dead in a house late Tuesdayalthough it is still a mystery what happened in the house,

“I feel like there’s unrest in the neighborhood right now, you know, no one really knows how to respond to what this tragedy has brought upon our neighborhood,” said Cindy Lewis, a neighborhood resident for over 30 years of the house lives.

Of the five dead at the home in the 3700 block of Oxford Way, three were children ages 2, 9 and 11.

“The kids break your heart,” Lewis added. “That’s the hardest part.”

Lewis, who admitted he was still processing what happened, did not know the family who lived in the home and said they had been in the neighborhood for three to four years and mostly kept to themselves.

“We kind of just know the immediate neighbors,” she said, “and I think that’s why it stays so quiet and peaceful for the most part.”

Cindy Lewis shares what she knew about the family that lived in the house:

Neighbor speaks about family found dead in West Valley City home

In the hours after the bodies were discovered, Lewis recounted how her own family had struggled to make sure he was OK. She now wonders how her neighborhood will recover from the tragedy.

“When you take away peace and something like this happens, that peace is really shattered,” she said, “and if we ever find peace again it will be because the neighborhood comes together or we all find our own peace in our own ways with our families and so on.

Lewis admitted she is not alone in her disbelief at what happened just steps from the place she called home for more than three decades, adding that her neighbors’ loss will resonate for a long time.

“I’ve talked to a few people here and we’re just all in shock, you know, and I think we’re going to be in shock for a while.”