Theodore Bayly, 39, called the dispatcher about 2 a.m., saying he had already killed his family and was going to take care of himself, Noble County Sheriff Landon Smith said.
Bayly told the dispatcher in a seven-minute call that he was having financial problems and "couldn't afford it anymore," Smith said. He told the dispatcher where to find the bodies and then hung up.
Authorities found Bayly's body on an embankment about 35 feet from the family's mobile home near Belle Valley, about 75 miles east of Columbus. He had a shotgun wound to the head, Smith said.
Bayly's wife, Janice Bayly, 40, was found inside the home, and their son Colton was in the back seat of a vehicle, Smith said.
The boy appeared to have been placed in the car after being killed, Smith said. A coroner determined the mother and son had been strangled.
Smith said he didn't have details about the family's financial situation but believed that Bayly was a self-employed carpenter.
Janice Bayly had worked as a programs services assistant at the Noble County Senior Citizens Center in Caldwell since 1996. The center recently reduced her hours because of general cutbacks, said Michelle Hollins, the center's senior program director.
Theodore Bayly occasionally came by center and was always respectful and polite, Hollins said.
"This is a shock to all of us," Hollins said. "I did not see this coming at all."
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