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Apparent Murder-Suicide Victims Identified

Posted 2006-08-03T21:37:22+00:00 - Updated 1998-05-05T11:00:00+00:00

Raleigh police are saying they believe a man abducted his estranged wife, shot her to death, then turned the gun on himself.

Two CP & L workers found the two bodies inside a dark blue Ford Thunderbird Tuesday afternoon. The car was parked in a wooded area near a power company substation.

The couple has has been identified as Remie and Deborah Figueroa. The two were estranged and, police say Deborah Figueroa had taken a protective order out against her husband.

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