A man and a woman were stabbed to death in a Langley Park apartment, and police said they believed their killer committed suicide near Union Station soon after.
Firefighters were called to the 2200 block of University Boulevard East around 11 a.m. Saturday, responding to a call of smoke spilling from a second-floor apartment, a Prince George’s County police spokesman said.
When firefighters opened the door, they were met by a bloody scene, authorities said. On the floor in front of the door was the murdered man, blood spilled from stab wounds. The woman was found in the living room, also badly cut and covered in blood. The stove had been left on, and smoke was streaming off food that had been cooked down and burned.
Police said the man and woman were both Latino and in their 20s. Police have been able to identify them, but are not releasing their names until next of kin can be reached. And, police said, that could take some time, because they have little to no family in the area.
As Prince George’s firefighters made their gruesome discovery, police in the District were dealing with one of their own.
Around 9 a.m., a 53-year-old man jumped to his death from a building under construction on the 1200 block of First Street Northeast, police said.
The lease for the Langley Park apartment was in the name of the man who committed suicide, and investigators believe he may have been related to the dead man and woman, Prince George’s County police spokesman Officer Henry Tippett said.
“We are still yet to determine exactly who killed them and why,” Tippett said. “But the investigators believe it was [the now-dead relative] since he took his own life soon after they were likely killed.”
District and Prince George’s police are investigating the case jointly, Tippett said.
Anyone with information about either case can call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous.
