Murder-suicide suspected after 2 bodies found in Carlsbad home

CARLSBAD (CNS) - The bodies of a 33-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman were found Saturday evening by Carlsbad police at a home on Village Drive in what investigators said they believe was a murder-suicide.

Officers were called to check the welfare of residents at a home in the 500 block of Village Drive at 6:09 p.m. Saturday, said Lt. Jason Jackowski of the Carlsbad Police Department.

Police had been told that the subject inside the home had sent a message to a family member indicating that he had killed his ex-girlfriend and was going to kill himself, Jackowski said.

"Upon arriving, office...