Baby found in car after parents' murder-suicide, Virginia police say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Virginia police said they found a baby Saturday unhurt in the backseat of a car where the infant's parents died in an apparent murder-suicide.
The Accomack County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release that deputies found 20-year-old Elizabeth Madison Ann Jensen of Sanford and 27-year-old Jonan Fabricio Gonzales-Funes of Bloxom both dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside a vehicle on Saturday morning.
Authorities said Gonzales-Funes was a correctional officer who worked for the sheriff's office since September 2015. He reportedly had served as a Marine.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Neighbors tell me this is where the murder-suicide couple was was found. https://t.co/IQyXvIngKc @WTKR3 pic.twitter.com/1u39k7gxNc
— Merris Badcock (@MerrisBadcock) July 18, 2016
It was unclear how long the baby was left inside the car. Friends of the couple told WTKR that the baby had “a lot of mosquito bites” but otherwise was doing fine.
The infant was placed in the care of family members. Investigators believe Gonzales-Funes killed Jensen before turning the gun on himself.
A friend of the woman told WAVY that Jensen enjoyed horseback riding. “She always had a smile on her face, always laughing and having a good time,” Alyssa Behr said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Both bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office for autopsies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.