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FREDERICA, DE - The Delaware State Police are investigating a murder-suicide incident in Frederica that claimed three lives on Wednesday night.

Police say they were called to Lorna Drive in the Highpoint Mobile Home Park on August 6 just before 11 p.m. There, they found an 81-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man who had died from apparent gunshot wounds, according to investigators. Police say the body of a 53-year-old woman was also found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

The victims’ and suspect’s identities have not yet been released.

The Delaware State Police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to contact them at 302-741-2859.

 

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