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Bodies of elderly man and woman found in Rothesay home, one death confirmed homicide

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WATCH: People living in a quiet suburban neighbourhood in the Saint John area are stunned after the bodies of an elderly man and woman were found in a home Thursday night. Andrew Cromwell has the details – Feb 15, 2019

Police are on scene at a home in Rothesay, N.B., where the bodies of two elderly people were discovered on Valentine’s Day.

The Kennebecasis Regional Police Criminal Investigations Division says the deceased are a 78-year-old woman and a 91-year-old man.

Their bodies were discovered on the evening of Feb. 14 at a home on Gondola Point Road.

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According to police, the woman’s death has been determined to be a homicide.

“At this time, we’re not looking for any suspects. The public is not at risk. And the investigation is continuing into the death of the second individual,” said Det. Sgt. Craig MacDougall of the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force.

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“The direction of the investigation at this time leads us to believe there’s no danger to the public and there is not a suspect out there that we’re seeking.”

MacDougall says the province’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee will likely be contacted as part of the investigation.

However, police will not comment on the relationship between the two, nor how they died.

Next-door neighbour Cecil Ellis said he was shocked to hear about his neighbours’ deaths.

“Just good people, as far as I’m concerned. They never gave us any trouble and he used to come over here and talk and laugh and joke and we’d go over there,” said Ellis.

“He was great. I was really shocked and I just couldn’t believe it.”

With files from Andrew Cromwell

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