Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Cops ID Couple Found Dead in South Farmingdale Home
A man and woman, both in their 70s, were found in a bedroom, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, police said.
UPDATE: Nassau police have identified the woman and man found dead in a South Farmingdale home Tuesday night as Ann Kaplan and Barry Kaplan.
Newsday reported the incident as a murder-suicide. But when asked for confirmation by Patch, Nassau police would not comment.
Earlier on Wednesday, Nassau police said they were investigating the incident in which a man and woman in their 70s were found dead in a South Farmingdale home Tuesday at 8:52 p.m.
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Detectives said police received a call for a well check at a Lambert Avenue residence. When police arrived, they found the 74-year-old woman and the 73-year-old man both deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
The bodies were removed to the Nassau County Medical Examiner’s Office, police said.
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Police initially withheld the names of the victims pending family identification.
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