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Coroner ID's man, woman found dead in Okolona

While on a welfare check, police officers found the bodies of a man and a woman on Monday.
Credit: Jake Cannon - WHAS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On July 3, police officers found the bodies of a man and a woman after an apparent murder-suicide in Okolona.

The coroner's office identified them as 42-year-old Temika Hunt and 55-year-old John Whiteside Jr.

Louisville Metro Police Department received a call requesting a welfare check for an apartment in the 7300 block of Monsey Circle, according to an LMPD news release.

Officials said the caller reported a "foul odor" was coming from the apartment.

When officers entered the apartment, they said they found Hunt who had been shot and killed. 

Officers on the scene also found Whiteside with a gunshot wound. Investigators believe the man shot the woman and then himself.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is handling the investigation.

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