Trailer Fire Concealed Murder/Suicide

"DENHAM SPRINGS, LA - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies have concluded the deaths of two men Sunday afternoon found inside a burned mobile home in Denham Springs was the result of a murder-suicide.

"Deputies said Gary Salpietra, 24, shot and killed Gary Savoie, 81, set the trailer on fire and then took his own life. The men lived together in the trailer and Savoie's family members told investigators the elderly man had unofficially adopted Salpietra.

"Sheriff's deputies and firefighters originally responded to a fire inside a mobile home in the Denham Oaks Mobile Home Park, which is south of Denham Springs. The fire was quickly extinguished and when the home was searched for possible victims, the two men were found. According to investigators, it looked like both had died from gunshot wounds.

"The Louisiana Fire Marshal's Office was called in to help figure out how the fire started, while the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office investigate the deaths. The Livingston Parish Coroner's Office also investigated the deaths.

"Detectives said Salpietra used gasoline to set the fire inside the trailer before turning the gun on himself."

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