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Couple killed in suspected murder-suicide in Gainesville home

Two people, who investigators believe to be a married couple, were found dead in a car in Gainesville on Thursday morning. It is suspected to be a murder-suicide, officials said.

Gainesville police identified the couple as 55-year-old Rosa Ojeda Contreras and 60-year-old Zenaido Alejo. Investigators believe Alejo shot Contreras first and then himself, police said. Their bodies were found in a car on a dead-end street at the end of Deerwood Trace in the Willow Ridge development.

According to police, Alejo and Contreras lived in Gainesville and have adult children.

“We would like to remind the public that our community has numerous resources for victims of domestic violence,” a police statement said, followed by a link to the Gateway Domestic Violence Center.

– Please check back with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.