Scottsdale police have confirmed that the three people recently found shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide were a family.
The victims were identified as Tod Daniel Lonergan, 51, Lisa Kay Lonergan, 46, and their 15-year-old daughter, Sophia Brin Lonergan. Their remains were discovered about 10 a.m. on March 26 at a home near Indian Bend Road and Via De La Sendero during a welfare check. After unsuccessful attempts to make contact, officers found two bodies in the backyard and a third inside the house. All three had sustained gunshot wounds, police said.
According to the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner, Tod Lonergan died by suicide with a gunshot to the head, while Lisa Kay Lonergan and Sophia died by homicide…