A North Carolina couple was killed by their own foster child, who took his own life after committing the crime, police said.

According to the Hoke County Sheriff's Office, 46-year-old Joann Chavis and her husband, 53-year-old Ted Chavis, were found stabbed to death in their home in Raeford on Monday. The couple's 17-year-old foster child, who was only identified as D.P., was determined to be the main suspect in the double homicide.

After naming their suspect, authorities were led to the Boys & Girls Homes building in Lake Waccamaw, around 80 miles southeast of Raeford, where they found D.P.'s car. "When approached by officers," Hoke County authorities said, "D.P. committed suicide from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."

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