AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is investigating two deaths in West Austin on Friday, April 29, as part of a murder-suicide.
Police responded to a check-welfare call around 1:40 p.m. in the 1600 block of Forest Trail Drive.
Once officers arrived, they made entry into the home and located two adults – 42-year-old Jaclyn Christine Parrish and 40-year-old Michael Brett Moore – with trauma to their bodies. Both were declared dead on the scene.
Homicide detectives are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide and said continual dating violence between the couple appears to be the motive. Parrish and Moore both died from gunshot wounds, the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office determined.
Officials said crisis counselors were provided to assist family and witnesses.
This is Austin's 25th homicide of 2022.
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