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Police: Rays' Blake Bivens' Wife, 1-Year Old Child and Mother-in-Law Murdered

Minor league pitcher Blake Bivens' wife, Emily Bivens, one-year-old son, Cullen Bivens, and mother-in-law, Joan Bernard, were killed in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on Tuesday, authorities confirmed, according to Jason Lanning of BayNews9.com.

Police arrested Bivens' brother-in-law, 18-year-old Matthew Bernard, and charged him with three counts of first-degree murder.

ABC 13 News reported police responded to a 911 call and found a woman dead in a driveway on Keeling Drive. Another woman and a child were found dead inside the home.

Later in the morning, the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office named Bernard as a suspect.