A Winchester neighborhood became a crime scene Friday night when police discovered two people dead from an apparent murder-suicide, including a suspect with a documented history of domestic violence.
Police found 35-year-old Ava Brantley and 38-year-old Tyler Snowden dead inside a residence. Investigators believe Snowden killed Brantley before taking his own life.
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“We did locate the male’s vehicle parked on a side street behind us, and we believe he parked and walked behind the residences and broke into the back window of the residence, so we feel confident that he’s the perpetrator and he’s come on the scene and he took her life before he took his own,” Police Chief Travis Thompson said.
Winchester Police say Snowden and Brantley had previously been in a relationship. Just one day before the shooting, Brantley filed for an emergency protective order against Snowden, and a domestic violence order was granted by the court, according to Thompson…