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Yosemite West, CA – Two deceased individuals discovered in Mariposa County Thursday have investigators signaling a murder-suicide by firearm.
A caller reporting a possible dead person sent Mariposa County Sheriff’s Deputies racing to the Yosemite West area Thursday (April 22). Once on the scene, the bodies of two adults, a man, and a woman, were found with bullet wounds.
Sheriff’s officials detailed that collected preliminary evidence sent to the California Department of Justice Fresno Crime Lab has led detectives to believe “this is a case of murder-suicide. Investigators added, “At this time, we believe the female shot the male multiple times before taking her own life.”