Tragic discovery made during welfare check after man sends suicidal messages to family.

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a suspected murder-suicide that left a man and woman dead at a Dunedin home on Monday night.

Deputies were called to a welfare check at a residence on Mac Charles Court around 8:07 p.m. on August 25 after receiving reports that 54-year-old Charles Reid Jr. had sent suicidal text messages to family members. Unable to make contact with Reid, deputies entered the home through an unsecured door.

Inside, they discovered the body of Reid’s girlfriend, 42-year-old Sarah Bulat, who had died from a single gunshot wound to the head. As deputies continued to search the home, they heard a gunshot from a bathroom and found Reid with a

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