HOUSTON – The parents of an 8-year-old child are now dead after an apparent murder-suicide was discovered by the Houston Independent School District Police Department on Tuesday.
According to HISD police, the incident took place around 8 p.m. in the 7600 block of Bankside Drive.
Officers said the situation began after the child was not picked up from school which prompted them to go to the parents’ home. When officers arrived at the residence, they said they saw something that led them to believe that circumstances inside the house were dangerous.
After the officers made entry into the house, they reportedly found an adult woman with apparent blunt trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene. They then said they found an adult man who they believe died from self-hanging.
HISD and HPD officers said at the scene that it appeared to be a murder-suicide.
As of now, the 8-year-old child is with HISD officers.
The Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division is investigating.