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Christopher A. Wood, the Middletown man who in April killed his wife and three children before killing himself, tested positive for seven medications found in his home during a police investigation, according to a toxicology report released last week by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

Medications found include acetaminophen (used to relieve headaches or other minor pain), alprazolam (used to treat anxiety disorders), amitriptyline, bupropion and nortriptyline (antidepressants), oxycodone (used for moderate to severe pain relief) and zolpidem (used to treat insomnia). The drugs were prescribed to him, according to Sheriff's Office Cpl. Jason West.

"We're not totally sure [if they were prescribed by the same doctor,]" West said Friday. "We do know that he was seeing several different doctors, and I can tell you that some of those prescriptions were filled at different locations."

West said that Wood, 34, had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system at the time of his death.

The information comes from autopsy and toxicology reports, which the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office on June 24. As a result of the information, the Sheriff's Office announced that it has closed the case and determined that Wood killed his wife and three young children late April 16 or early April 17 before killing himself on April 17.

No details about the victims' autopsies have been released.

Wood killed his wife, Francie Billotti-Wood, 33, and their three children, Chandler, 5, Gavin, 4, and Fiona, 2, while they slept with a low-caliber pistol; he killed himself with a shotgun.

West confirmed all five causes of death on Friday.

As of April, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives was working to trace the guns Wood used because they were not purchased through a licensed Maryland dealer. West said results of that investigation were not immediately available.

E-mail Connor Adams Sheets at csheets@gazette.net.