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Castor, Alta., house fire declared triple homicide

Police believe a father and his grown daughter, whose bodies were found in the rubble of burnt-out home near Castor, Alta., were murdered.

In December, the remains of 61-year-old Gordon Klaus and his daughter Monica Klaus, 40, were found in the family home, east of Red Deer.

Sandra Klaus, 62, has not been accounted for, but is presumed dead.

RCMP said the fire at the Klaus family home was deliberately set.

They also believe Sandra Klaus has also been murdered.

Police had previously said they considered the deaths suspicious.

The family's dog was found shot to death.

The Klaus's son, Jason Klaus, 38, who lives across the field from the family farm, expressed concerns in an interview with CBC News in December that he was being treated by RCMP as a suspect.

"I'm frustrated. I'm pissed off. I'm everything," he said.

"They think they can feel what I'm going through. No. Nobody can. I don't care who it is. We lived together. We farmed together everyday. We did everything together. That was my life over there."

Klaus said he received a phone call and went over to find his parents' house on fire.