Authorities will tell how boys slain

HENNEPIN -- Putnam County authorities say they will wait until at least Friday to release information on how two boys were killed.

Nine-year-old Duncan Connolly and his brother, 7-year-old Jack, were the subject of a national search after Michael Connolly failed to return them to their mother on March 8 after a weekend custody visit.

A 911 call led authorities in rural Putnam County to a remote spot Sunday night where the boys' bodies were found in the back seat of their father's car. Their father's body was found near the car.

Robert Cofoid, Putnam County's appointed death investigator, said Wednesday nothing about how the boys died would be released until "sometime after the service for the boys on Friday."