Three people are dead in what police are describing as a murder-suicide in Kansas City.
At about 9:45 a.m. Monday, April 1 Kansas City police were called to a home near Zona Rosa to conduct a wellness check after the child at the home didn’t go to school and one of the adults didn’t go to work.
Police found the child dead in the home first, then located a man and a woman dead in another part of the house.
On Tuesday, police identified the dead as Jerel D. McGeachy Jr., 12, his mother, Domonique A. McGeachy, 38, and father, Jerel D. McGeachy, 38.
Kansas City police say that Domonique McGeachy and Jerel McGeachy Jr. both appeared to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds. Police believe Jerel McGeachy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to media reports, McGeachy Sr. was a police officer with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.