Two Pennsylvania teenagers were found dead in a car discovered just one day after they posted photos of them smiling and embracing to social media. It has shocked the school, family and friends because of unclear motives for the suspected double suicide.
Police officers will not release the teens' names but friends and classmates identified them as Annika Monique and Brenden Shipman. The former is a senior and the latter is a junior.
Officers discovered the bodies in a parked car about 4 p.m. Tuesday near a boat ramp at Rose Valley Lake. Both teens left school early that day, as reported by PennLive.com.
A friend of Brenden posted an inquiry regarding the whereabouts of the couple on Facebook on Tuesday, saying that he badly needed an answer for it is an emergency. Investigators were still studying if Brenden's friend knew about any plans in connection to the incident.
The parents of the teens were reporting their children missing when the bodies were found. It was very devastating on the part of both families.
Old Lycoming Township Police Department Detective Sgt. Christopher Kriner told reporters that after the couple left the school early, they drove to the boy's home and picked up a family-owned pistol and left.
The couple were pronounced dead at the scene, where the said gun was reportedly found. There were indications that these deaths were self-inflicted, says Deputy County Coroner Jerold Ross in an interview with Williamsport Sun-Gazette. The couple started being together April of this year.
Prior to the alleged suicide, the teen couple were seemed happy as they posted smiling pictures on Facebook on Monday. They even shared selfies embracing and smiling. One of the photos even have Brenden kissing Monique's cheek.
Devastated loved ones wrote on Facebook and a GoFundMe page for the funeral expenses of Brenden. Williamsport Area High School also expressed their grief for the loss.
