HERRIMAN, Utah — A man is believed to have killed his ex-wife inside her Herriman home Friday night, before killing himself in a murder-suicide.
Herriman Police Department officers responded to the home on Watchman Way at 7:15 p.m. for a welfare check, and found 43-year-old Lindha P. Zerpa Lara and 56-year-old Manuel R. Ramirez Perez dead inside.
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Police said Perez did not live at the home at the time of the incident but lived in South Salt Lake.
Police said Lara had "injuries consistent with blunt force trauma," while Perez's death was "self-inflicted."
According to the police department, Lara's family had made attempts to contact her over several hours, and finally reached out to police after receiving no reply.
As of right now, police say there is no history of reported domestic violence between the two, but the investigation into the deaths remains open.
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