An Indian couple and their six-year-old child have been found dead in the US state of Maryland in a suspected case of double suicide-murder, the police said.
The three people, from Karnataka, were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Baltimore County home on Friday when police responded to a welfare check around noon, police said on Saturday. They have been identified as Yogesh H Nagarajappa, 37, Prathiba Y Amarnath, 37, and Yash Honnal, 6. The police said they are believed to be husband, wife and son.

“Based on the initial investigation, the incident is believed to be a double murder-suicide that Nagarajappa committed,” Baltimore County Police spokesperson Anthony Shelton said, adding that each appeared to suffer from an apparent gunshot wound. The family members were last seen alive on Tuesday.