Separated Couple United In Death

"KILLEEN, TX — Killeen police are investigating what they said appears to be a murder-suicide involving two Fort Hood soldiers who returned late last year from Iraq.

"Fort Hood officials Tuesday identified the married couple as Staff Sgt. Gilberto Mota, 35, of California and Spc. Diana Mota, 30, of Killeen. Police said they were found dead Saturday at a house in the 3100 block of Southhill Drive.

"Investigators said they think Gilberto Mota shot Diana Mota before turning the gun on himself. The couple had been separated, officials said. According to a written statement from police in Killeen, Diana Mota went to the house Saturday to talk to Gilberto Mota. The couple's daughter and her uncle, Gilberto Mota's brother, went to the house about 11 p.m. after Diana Mota failed to return.

"When they arrived, they found the couple dead in a bedroom, police said. Bell County Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin has ordered autopsies for the couple at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas."

Source: statesman.com...