SALT LAKE CITY — A quiet neighborhood was grappling with shock and sorrow Tuesday after police discovered two people dead inside a Midvale home in what investigators are calling a suspected murder-suicide.

On Wednesday, the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake identified the two dead as Eillleen Lyon, 65, and Terry Lyon, 63.

“We extend our deepest condolences to their family and friends,” the department said in a release. “Further information will be released as it becomes available.”

Aymee Race with UPD said the officers were performing a welfare check at around 11:13 a.m. when they discovered the bodies. They were discovered in a home near 7500 South Jefferson.

Rayce said the UPD Violent Crimes Unit is investigating the incident as a “suspected” murder suicide.

Neighbors s

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