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Apparent Murder-Suicide In Bloomfield Twp.

BLOOMFIELD TWP. (WWJ) - Police have released the names of a Bloomfield Township couple found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

Officers were called to a home on Bedford Road, near Woodward and Square Lake, after a neighbor reported hearing gunshots.  When police arrived at the scene, they found a man and woman dead.

The two have now been identified as 46-year-old Kenneth Jarrell from Bloomfield Township and 45-year-old Susan Jarrell of Rochester Hills.  Police said they were recently divorced.

Authorities believe the man shot his ex-wife, whose body was found inside a vehicle, before turning the gun on himself.

Oakland County Crime Scene Unit and the Bloomfield Township Police Department are investigating.

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