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Posted on Tue, Aug 21, 2012 : 5:55 a.m.

Funeral fund set up for woman, sons found dead in home

By Cindy Heflin

A fund has been set up to help pay for funerals for a Van Buren Township mother and two children found dead in their home last week, the Detroit Free Press reported.

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The home where the bodies were found last week.

Gus Burns | MLive

Police suspect the woman, Linda Vanderlinden, 34, and her two sons, Julien, 7, and Matthew, 4, were killed by Michael Vanderlinden, 38, before he died in a fiery car crash while driving the wrong way on a highway in Indiana Thursday morning. Another driver, Juan Nelson, 45, also died in the crash.

Contributions can be sent to DeLeon Fund C/O Eastern Michigan Bank 3636 Main St. Deckerville, MI 48427.