Dog, rabbit removed from home after apparent murder-suicide, police say

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Officers with the Daytona Beach Police Department are investigating a murder-suicide.

Officers were called to a home on Essex Road on Tuesday evening for a well-being check. No one was inside the home, but officers and firefighters breached the front door, investigators said.

Once inside, they found a dog at the foot of the bed and two people on the bed, as well as a pet rabbit in the home, police said.

Officers found Mellissa Rosa Vayda Henry, 46, and Thomas Pulcrano, 55, dead from gunshot wounds, police said. Pulcrano had a handgun in his hand, police said.

The pair’s landlord told investigators the two had health problems, police said.

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