EAST ROCHESTER, Ohio — Two people are dead after a suspected murder-suicide in northeastern Ohio.
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On Nov. 18, authorities were called to a home in the 24000 block of Ridge Road in East Rochester, around 20 miles east of Canton, according to WKBN.
Deputies had received a call requesting a welfare check at the home followed minutes later by a call indicating a teenager had discovered his parents Vanessa Chester and stepfather, Jason Hilaire in the basement of that home dead.
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A man called in the welfare check after he’d received a 28-minute “ominous sounding voicemail” from Hilaire and the voicemail was “just a bunch of regrets” and Hilaire “wished his life was going better right now”, WFMJ reported.
In a press release, deputies confirmed the victims had been found with gunshot wounds and it appears to be a murder-suicide.
The couple was also getting a divorce.
Child protective services were on the scene to care for the 16-year-old and his younger sister.
We will continue to follow this story.
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