Murder-suicide: Cops ID Couple Found Dead In Jersey Shore Home

A husband killed his wife in a murder-suicide in their Monmouth County home, authorities said.

A cruiser for the Keyport (NJ) Police Department.
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03/25/2024 3:02 p.m.

The bodies of 37-year-old Ekaterina Kalyapina and 39-year-old Ilya Gagin were found in a house on Chingarora Avenue on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced an update in the investigation in a news release on Monday, Mar. 25.

The Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted autopsies on the couple. Kalyapina's cause of death was ruled a homicide and Gagin's cause of death was ruled a suicide.

Two small dogs were found unharmed inside the home. The Monmouth County SPCA responded and took in the dogs.

Anyone with information about the couple's deaths should call the Keyport Police Department at 732-264-0706.

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