Married couple leaves behind notes before dying in murder-suicide in Spring Branch, police say
HOUSTON – The Houston Police Department is investigating after they said a married couple was found dead in a murder-suicide in northwest Houston Wednesday.
Officers were called to the 2200 block of Triway Lane in Spring Branch at around 6:30 a.m.
According to investigators, a husband in his 60s and a wife in her 50s were found dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives began the initial investigation as a possible crime. Detectives later found evidence that it appeared to be planned after finding notes from the couple indicating that they both wanted to die, according to HPD.
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