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A SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT INDICATES THAT THE RIO RANCHO COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME, ALONG WITH THEIR TWO SONS, ON CHRISTMAS DAY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A DIVORCE. POLICE SAY IT WAS A CASE OF MURDER-SUICIDE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE HUSBAND, 50 YEAR OLD CARLOS VELASQUEZ, WAS A RECENT U.S. ARMY RETIREE WHO SUFFERED FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. THE BODIES OF VELASQUEZ, HIS WIFE MARILYN, AND THEIR TWO SONS ROBERTO AND ADRIAN WERE DISCOVERED INSIDE THEIR HOME SHORTLY AFTER 4PM CHRISTMAS DAY. ALL FOUR DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

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