A young boy came home to their home in Bergenfield only to find out that both his parents were already dead. The police claim that they are eyeing the angle of murder and suicide in the killings.
According to North Jersey, the 11-year-old boy told one of their neighbors along W. Clinton Avenue that his parents were not breathing around 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. Authorities found the body of the boy's 36-year-old mother in a bedroom of the house while the father's body was located in the basement.
The 44-year-old patriarch is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. However, the cause of death of the wife has yet to be revealed. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal noted that they are suspecting that the incident is a case of domestic violence.
A neighbor of the family claimed that she did not hear any noise nor problems of the family prior to the couple's death. "I left my house around 9:30, I didn't know anything about it," the neighbor said in a CBS New York report.
Other neighbors also told North Jersey that there is only little details they know about the family, who reportedly moved to the neighborhood five years ago. The same report mentioned that co-workers of the female fatality also showed up at the residence on Sunday afternoon and claimed that they were shocked by the incident.
"She was a wonderful person and a good friend, happy and a hard worker," noted former co-worker Maria Vargas. "I still don't believe that this happened to her."
North Jersey learned from the co-workers that the couple had three older children aside from the 11-year-old boy who discovered his parents' bodies. He has been placed under the custody of child welfare officials.
