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UPDATE Police: Teen finds dead mother, stepfather in Kansas home

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, have identified a woman found dead with her husband in their home in what investigators suspect was a murder-suicide.

Police spokesman Tom Tomasic said Wednesday that a 17-year-old girl returning home Tuesday afternoon found the bodies of her 45-year-old mother, Jennifer Combs, and her stepfather. The man’s name wasn’t released.

Tomasic said both victims had been shot.

Tomasic says the officer retreated before authorities applied for a search warrant to further investigate the scene.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide after a teen found her mother and stepfather dead in Kansas City, Kansas.

Police spokesman Tom Tomasic says the teen found the bodies Tuesday afternoon. The Kansas City Star reports that after being summoned, an officer entered the home and found that the woman had been shot.

Tomasic says the officer retreated before authorities applied for a search warrant to further investigate the scene. Police later confirmed that two people died from gunshot wounds. Their names weren’t immediately released.

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