THE frantic manhunt for a jealous ex-husband who allegedly killed three former in-laws and his infant daughter before fleeing with three young girls ended near the Tennessee line when the suspect shot himself in the face during a police chase.

Three American girls who were kidnapped, apparently by their father after he allegedly killed three of his former in-laws and strangled his baby daughter, were rescued early today.

POLICE in America were last night hunting for a man feared to have murdered four people in their home before abducting three children.

Police were today hunting for a man feared to have murdered four people in their home before abducting three children.