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.
On Monday, August 11, police identified the two victims as 81-year-old Linda Hyman and 18-year-old Ethan Christensen. The suspect, 53-year-old Staci Marie Christensen, took her own life during the incident, according to police. All three were from Frederica.
The Delaware State Police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to contact them at 302-741-2859.
If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. You can also call Delaware's Contact LifeLine at 1-800-262-9800.