Double suicide in Del. state forest
Delaware’s Chief Medical Examiner has classified the deaths of two people found in Blackbird State Forest as a double suicide.
A forest employee found the bodies of the 32-year-old man and 23-year-old woman inside a car parked in the campgound area, Thursday afternoon.
Both people were from Clayton, but Delaware State Police have not released their names.
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