Suspected murder-suicide under investigation in Mississippi

Published 3:54 pm Tuesday, March 19, 2019

North Mississippi law enforcement investigators are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide.

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic in progress call on Monday night, but when officers arrived they found something much worse.

The call came around 9 p.m. on Monday at the 100 block on County Road 147, located near County Road 199 just past FNC Park off Highway 314.

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When deputies arrived to the scene they found the bodies of a man and a woman.

Lafayette County Investigators along with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations deemed it was a murder-suicide.

Authorities have not released the names of the deceased.