The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office has identified a couple found dead in an apparent murder-suicide last week just south of Pittsburg as 58-year-old Dong Liu and 56-year-old Meizhen Zhu.
Liu and Zhu had a “boyfriend-girlfriend relationship,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.
Deputies were called to the vicinity of Kirker Pass and Nortonville roads around 9:30 a.m. last Thursday on a report of two dead
bodies in a parked car.
They were pronounced dead at the scene and investigators eventually determined that Liu and Zhu, residents of Antioch and Santa Rosa, respectively, both died of gunshot wounds.
Liu is believed to have shot Zhu before taking his own life, but the motive for her killing is not yet clear, according to the sheriff’s office.
Investigators are asking anyone with information on the case to call (925) 646-2441. Those who wish to remain anonymous can email tips to tips@so.cccounty.us or call (866) 846-3592
I’m sick of these cowards that feel the need to kill someone instead of just themselves.
Maybe it was a suicide pact?
I wouldn’t jump to conclusions…
Could’ve been a double suicide. I remember hearing about an elderly couple that had been facing serious health problems. They both sat down on a park bench and the husband shot his wife in the head before killing himself. The decision to end their lives was a mutual agreement. (On a side note, the husband had handcuffed the gun to himself so that no one would be able to use it to harm others).
Even if it was by mutual agreement, the manner of death would still be murder, if one shot the other dead. Very sad. And sad for the person who found them, too.
Without more information that may or may not ever come to light, a conclusion of murder is premature. At this point, homicide/suicide is a reasonable guess.
It was murder.
Either way…it’s a truly sad story.