Indiana Police Investigating Suspected Murder-Suicide of Two Teens

The 400 block of East Lincoln Street, Marion, Indiana, where two teenagers died on Jan. 4, 2018 Screenshot/GoogleMaps

Two teenagers have died in a suspected murder-suicide in Indiana.

Police are investigating the deaths of a 13-year-old girl and 17-year-old male after they were found unresponsive by the girl’s father in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Police recovered a handgun from the house in Marion, Indiana, and believe that the deaths followed the break-up of a relationship, they said in a statement.

The father of 13-year-old Alainee Byer was out at work when he was alerted to an incident at their home in the 400 block of East Lincoln Street, Marion.

Marion, Indiana. Screenshot/GoogleMaps

He returned to find his daughter unresponsive alongside 17-year-old Corbin Page, according to police. Emergency services pronounced them both dead at 2:29 a.m.

Police said in a statement that the incident appeared to be “due to the termination of the relationship between Byer and Page.”

In an earlier statement, the police described the deaths as a “suspected homicide-suicide.”

Larry Thompson, a relative of Byer, said, “It’s a real sad situation. I really feel for the family. It was a tragedy.”

“It’s a real good family,” Thompson told WTHR. “The grandparents ... help anyone they can and Anthony, her father, is a very good person too. He took very good care of his kids and he’s a hard worker.”

Autopsies have been scheduled for Monday, according to police.

Both teenagers attended schools within the Mississinewa Community School Corporation.

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