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Murder-suicide: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup

A dispute that led to an incendiary breakup ignited a murder-suicide in a private home in New Milford, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice.

Police were called to 250 Myrtle Street in New Milford at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, and found the bodies of an 80-year-old man and a 56-year-woman whom he'd been dating.

Police were called to 250 Myrtle Street in New Milford at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, and found the bodies of an 80-year-old man and a 56-year-woman whom he'd been dating.

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Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez were both found dead of gunshot wounds at his Myrtle Avenue home around 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check.

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed their identities and the cause of death late Sunday afternoon. He didn't say who investigators believe fired the shots.

Perez was shot from behind, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said.

The prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating with borough police, the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Investigation -- which collected evidence -- and the medical examiner's office.

"Additional information will be provided as it becomes available, but the shooting appears to be an isolated incident," Musella said.

The couple had been in a relationship that ended in an acrimonious breakup following a dispute over a home that Emmolo had apparently bought for Perez, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation said.

He'd apparently asked her to come over before the killings, they said.

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