By Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First

Vermont State Police continued on Tuesday to sort through evidence and conduct interviews in the suspected homicide of three family members at the home of a new town selectboard member on Vermont 133 in Pawlet early Sunday.

Nobody has been jailed and no known charges had been filed as of early Tuesday afternoon.

The Manchester Journal identified two of the victims on Monday as Brian Crossman and his new wife, Erica. The identification by the daily newspaper online on Monday afternoon came a few hours after Vermont News First confirmed the triple shooting had happened at the home of Brian Crossman, a new Selectboard member.

The name of the third victim, a pre-teen child, has not been made public.

State Police had said the names of the shooting victims would be withheld pending competition of the three autopsies.  It was unclear as of early Tuesday afternoon if the medical examiner had failed to finish the work, or state police were still withholding the names. While the names of the dead circulated through the area and at Green Mountain Power where the Crossmans worked, a relatively new State Police protocol is to wait until after an autopsy.

Investigators continue to deal with a person of interest – believed to be another family member – since early on Sunday. The person of interest, who was one of the people to report the triple shooting, had blood on him when police responded to the scene, officials said. Police say they need to develop a solid timeline that shows the whereabouts of each of the victims in the hours leading up to the killings.

Brian Crossman, who was elected to the Pawlet Selectboard in March for a one-year term, is an owner of the property at 2733 Vermont 133, records show. Crossman was appointed by the Selectboard to serve as the liaison to the Town Highway Department and for Buildings and Development, the Pawlet website said.

The Pawlet Municipal Offices was closed Monday out of respect for Crossman. Pawlet Town Clerk Deb Hawkins said the regular Selectboard meeting scheduled for tonight will be held as planned.

The first emergency 911 call was received about 3:45 a.m. for the shooting along the Vermont-New York border – about 25 miles southwest of Rutland City.

New York State Police – which has 24-hour on-duty patrol coverage – was first to arrive at the shooting scene in the rural community that borders Granville, N.Y., officials said.

The initial call reported a possibly suspicious person, but as Vermont State Police investigators were called out, they found a bloody scene with three bodies in the rural community of about 1,400 residents, a spokesman said.

The victims were found inside the white two-story older home near Kelley Hill Road. A sign with the family name “Crossman” was visible on the side of the house between a door and a double window. Police used yellow crime scene tape to help seal off the property.

Emergency First Responders from the area also were summoned to offer help, police said.

Rutland County State’s Attorney Ian Sullivan confirmed his office is working closely with state police.

Responding police, after confirming the bodies inside the house, backed away and waited to obtain a search warrant from a state judge to ensure the lawful collection of evidence.

Officials said the investigation is in its preliminary stages and involves members of the Vermont State Police uniform division, the Major Crime Unit, the detective bureau, the Crime Scene Search Team and victim services.

The plan was for crime scene search team to process the scene before the bodies were taken to the office of Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington, state police spokesman Adam Silverman said Sunday. Autopsies will help determine the cause and manner of death, he said.

Silverman said the initial theory by detectives indicates the crime is an isolated event with no identified threat to the community. It was unclear the basis for detectives saying there was no apparent threat.

Authorities set up a command post at the Pawlet Volunteer Fire Station on Vermont 133 after the crime was reported.  Police said they were plagued by poor cell phone service in the area.

Anyone with information that could assist investigators in this case should call the Vermont State Police in Rutland at (802) 773-9101.