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LMPD: Deaths of man, woman off Hurtstbourne Parkway was a murder-suicide

LMPD: Deaths of man, woman off Hurtstbourne Parkway was a murder-suicide
NEW AT FIVE, LOUISVILLE POLICE CONFIRMED THE DEATHS OF A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE A MURDER SUICIDE. THE BODIES OF MARLENE ZAMORA AND FIDEL, LAURA RUIZ WERE FOUND THURSDAY MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF HURST -- PARKWAY NEAR I-64. THE CORONER SAYS BOTH DIED FROM ASPHYXIA, BU
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LMPD: Deaths of man, woman off Hurtstbourne Parkway was a murder-suicide
Police are now calling the deaths of a man and woman a murder-suicide. Louisville Metro Police Department launched a death investigation on Thursday after the two were found dead in the 9400 block of Doral Court, which is just outside of Jeffersontown.On Friday, the coroner identified them as 43-year-old Marlene Blandon Chamorro and 56-year-old Fidel Lara-Ruiz.Watch our previous coverage in the player above. LMPD said a person was reported down around 9 a.m. Thursday, and when they arrived at the scene, they found Lara-Ruiz dead outside of a vehicle. Shortly after, they found a Chamorro inside the vehicle, who was then also pronounced dead. The report says both died of asphyxia. No further details about that were immediately available.The relationship between Chamorro and Lara-Ruiz is still unclear.LMPD's Homicide Unit said Friday they are "not yet prepared to release further details regarding how the incident transpired or who may have been the aggressor."

Police are now calling the deaths of a man and woman a murder-suicide.

Louisville Metro Police Department launched a death investigation on Thursday after the two were found dead in the 9400 block of Doral Court, which is just outside of Jeffersontown.

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On Friday, the coroner identified them as 43-year-old Marlene Blandon Chamorro and 56-year-old Fidel Lara-Ruiz.

Watch our previous coverage in the player above.

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LMPD said a person was reported down around 9 a.m. Thursday, and when they arrived at the scene, they found Lara-Ruiz dead outside of a vehicle. Shortly after, they found a Chamorro inside the vehicle, who was then also pronounced dead.

The report says both died of asphyxia. No further details about that were immediately available.

The relationship between Chamorro and Lara-Ruiz is still unclear.

LMPD's Homicide Unit said Friday they are "not yet prepared to release further details regarding how the incident transpired or who may have been the aggressor."