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Detectives Investigate Possible Murder-Suicide In Borrego Springs

Sheriff's homicide detectives in Borrego Springs today were investigating the deaths of a couple as a possible murder-suicide.

A sheriff's lieutenant said no suspects were being sought.

Someone asked deputies to check on the residents in a home in the 2000 block of Saint Thomas Drive about 6:15 p.m. Monday, sheriff's Lt. Larry Nesbit said. The man's body was found on a couch in the living room, and the woman's body was in the kitchen, he said.

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An autopsy was pending. Deputies withheld their names.

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