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Bodies of 2 people found in Grand Rapids home identified

Posted at 12:20 PM, Mar 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-28 17:42:17-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  — Authorities have identified the man and woman found dead inside a Grand Rapids home in an apparent murder-suicide.

Grand Rapids police said Monday that a medical examiner’s report indicates Robert Alfaro, 60, shot Diana DeYoung, 65, before turning the gun on himself.

DeYoung and Alfaro were found deadFriday at a residence in the 100 block of Franklin Street SW.

Police were called to to the home for a welfare check.   DeYoung’s employer contacted police because she had not been at work since Wednesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report