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Update: Bodies found outside York County home identified

Posted at 3:46 PM, Aug 01, 2013
and last updated 2013-08-02 14:15:34-04

Update: The victims have been identified as 74-year-old Mildred F. Baldwin and her son-in-law 53-year-old Marvin J. Bowen. Investigators say they have learned Bowen may have been suffering from mental health problems.

York County, Va. - The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office says a death investigation is underway after two bodies were found in the driveway of a York County home on Thursday afternoon.

The Sheriff's Office says they received a phone call reporting the bodies of a male and female were found in the 100 block of Runaway Lane around 2:09 p.m.

According to authorities, the deaths appear to be a possible murder-suicide. They say it appears the man shot the woman and then turned the gun on himself.

Officials say they believe the two are related.