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Police suspect West Valley City deaths may be a murder-suicide

Police say they are investigating two West Valley City deaths as an apparent murder-suicide after officers found a man and a woman dead early Sunday from wounds likely caused by gunfire.

While responding to a 4:51 a.m. Sunday call about gunshots fired, West Valley City police officers found the two dead in a home near 3200 South and 3400 West.

They have been identified as Miraheta Skender, 49, and Samir Skender, 51.

The call came from an adult daughter of the couple who lived in the home, West Valley City police Lt. Jeff Conger said.