2 found dead in Beverly, Massachusetts home in apparent murder-suicide
Two people were found dead at a home in Beverly, Massachusetts in what investigators said was an "apparent murder-suicide."
A woman and man were found shot to death inside a house on Colonial Drive around 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to the Essex County District Attorney's office. They were later identified as 58-year-old Becky Lynn Center and 56-year-old John Patrick Nesbitt.
"There is no greater threat to the public in relation to this incident," District Attorney Paul Tucker and Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheur said in a joint statement Tuesday.
"I'm just sick over it and my heart breaks," a woman who lives in the neighborhood told reporters Tuesday. "I cannot believe this happened here and my heart goes out to the family."
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
Beverly is about 24 miles north of Boston.
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