A man and woman found dead off a remote road in Millis, Massachusetts, Sunday morning, died in what investigators described as a domestic violence murder-suicide, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Michael Fischella, 32, and Tanaia Wilkinson, 27, were found off a remote dirt road that travels from Route 115 near the intersection with Route 27 by a town worker. They both had gunshot wounds, investigators said.
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The gun was found below Fischella's body, according to police and prosecutors. On Wednesday the DA confirmed that Wilkinson's cause of death was ruled homicide and Fischella's was ruled a suicide. Investigators believe it was an issue of domestic violence.
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The pair, previously from out of state, were living on Curve Street in Millis and knew each other well, according to Millis police and the Norfolk District Attorney's Office.
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State and local police were investigating, with the help of state ballistics and chemistry personnel, authorities said.
An investigation is ongoing.
