Police continue to probe Daub family deaths, daughter posted rambling videos on YouTube

Teresa Boeckel and Mike Argento, York Daily Record
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As West Manchester Township Police continue to investigate the pre-planned deaths of the Daub family, videos posted on YouTube by the daughter reveal struggles she faced.

Police found the parents, 62-year-old James Daub and 59-year-old Deborah Daub, and their 26-year-old daughter, Morgan E. Daub, deceased in the backyard of their suburban home in the 2000 block of Loman Avenue.

The York County Coroner's Office ruled the parents' deaths as homicides. The daughter died by suicide. All three perished from a gunshot wound. An investigation and evidence found at the scene indicated that the three family members had pre-planned their deaths, a news release states.

The home on Loman Ave. in West Manchester Township, where three family members were found dead. The family had pre-planned their deaths, according to the York County Coroner's Office.
The home on Loman Ave. in West Manchester Township, where three family members were found dead. The family had pre-planned their deaths, according to the York County Coroner's Office.

No autopsies will be done because no criminal charges will be filed and the investigation is consistent with evidence found at the scene, the release states.

Detectives have not determined the sequence of events regarding the deaths of the family members, Chief John Snyder said. He declined to get into details about the kind or the number of weapons used.

Investigators are using ballistics and other forensic testing as part of the investigation to figure out what happened, he said.

Related:3 family members found dead in W. Manchester Twp. pre-planned deaths: York County coroner

It's difficult to give a timeline on when detectives will be finished with the investigation, Snyder said. The department continues to receive phone calls about the case.

The Daubs lived in a red brick split-level at the entrance of a cul-de-sac. A blue Honda Civic was parked in the driveway. A small brass placard by the doorbell read: "May God's blessing rest upon this house and all who dwell in it! May all who enter this house also be blessed!"

Some residents in the neighborhood declined to comment on Friday.

Some neighbors told PennLive that the parents were ordained ministers who took missionary trips and they had hosted neighborhood Halloween parties several years ago. They have not been as outgoing in recent years.

Mike Landis said the family had provided "spiritual counseling to him and his son during a family health crisis some years ago," the newspaper reported.

Daughter posted videos to YouTube

Morgan Daub has posted several videos on YouTube since September.

The last one she posted, a day before the family's deaths, simply says: "FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW CHRIST."

In September, she posted a rambling nearly 30-minute video telling viewers that she has "hundreds of millions of people" after her, including the military under Donald John Trump. She said she has been conscripted into the U.S. military and is nearly being held hostage in her home.

"My family and I are law-abiding American citizens, yet we are being denied fundamental HUMAN RIGHTS," she posted under the video. "...We are daily enduring all manner of harassment and illegal, unconstitutional surveillance."

In November, two months after Queen Elizabeth's death, Daub posted an 8-minute video, saying she was abdicating the throne of England.

"For anyone who doesn't know me and randomly finds this video, it is quite the long story of how I would be next in line for the throne," she posted underneath the video. "All will be told in due time."

This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Daub family pre-planned deaths, police investigate: York County coroner