MIAMI VALLEY — Neighbors continue to be in shock after a murder-suicide this weekend in the Miami Valley.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, police in three different counties confirm that they are investigating a murder suicide.
Police found two bodies in West Milton early Saturday morning. Hours later, Sugarcreek Township Police found a third body at a condo.
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News Center 7’s Malik Patterson said that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling this investigation.
A Huber Heights Police spokesperson said on Saturday that at least one person died at the Carriage Trails subdivision.
Neighbors told Patterson that they a lot of police activity on Saturday.
“We’re all shocked, like I’m shocked,” said Jessica Hendricks. “We’re heartbroken and sick to our stomachs about all of this.”
She told Patterson that she had lived in this neighborhood for three years.
Hendricks said that she saw police and Ohio BCI agents at her neighbor’s house. Other people also told News Center 7 on Saturday said they saw a similar thing.
“Well, I saw two people in the garage across the street, and none of them were my actual neighbor,” said Hendricks.
She told Patterson that they were detectives taking pictures. They also answered her questions.
“No immediate threats to my safety. Neighbors shouldn’t have to worry about it. And then they said that it would be on the news, probably,” said Hendricks.
As previously reported by News Center 7, a Huber Heights Police spokesperson confirmed it was assisting West Milton Police, Sugarcreek Township Police, the Miami County Sheriff’s Office, and the Ohio BCI in a joint investigation of a murder-suicide.
As previously reported by News Center 7, a Sugarcreek Township woman said that noise above her condo woke her up around 2 a.m. on Saturday.
“I heard these three loud noises, like somebody was banging on the window trying to get in,” said an anonymous woman.
An Ohio BCI spokesperson previously told News Center 7 that Sugarcreek Township Police requested them on Saturday.
Another neighbor, who did not want to appear on camera, told Patterson on Saturday what she saw.
“I did see them remove her (Saturday) at around four o’clock in a body bag,” the woman said.
West Milton Police said around 4 a.m. on Saturday that police found the bodies of a man and woman, who they believe were married.
Police Chief Doyle Wright told News Center 7 that security camera video from the city’s municipal building shows a man pulling into the parking lot. He got out of the car, opened the trunk, and then shot himself.
The woman’s body was in the trunk, Wright said.
“I don’t want to really look out the front of my house,” said Hendricks.
She told Patterson that she had several questions about why the police were at her neighbor’s house.
Hendricks admits she is scared to get answers.
Patterson contacted all the police departments, but they said this was Ohio BCI’s investigation. He called them on Sunday, but did not hear back.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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