"Wonderful People" Found Dead In Home

"CONCORD, CA — Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide involving two longtime partners discovered Monday night, marking the city's second homicide in as many days.

"The bodies of Frederik Meurer, 32, of Concord, and 32-year-old Miranda Pretoli were found by officers at about 8:30 p.m. after they got a distress call from a home on 2321 Bedford Road, police said.

"They found Meurer and Pretoli laying on the floor of the residence, dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Police did not release a motive or the circumstances leading up to the shootings, citing an ongoing investigation.

"Next-door neighbor Gene Traversaro said he was home when the bodies were found, but he did not hear any noise or commotion suggesting violence. No one else is believed to have been involved in the deaths, which shocked a neighborhood that warmly remembered the pair.

"Meurer and Pretoli lived together in a rear building on the property while Meurer's mother lived in the main home, neighbors said. In court records, Meurer described Pretoli as his "life-long partner."

"Traversaro, a 30-year resident of the serene street, said he has lived next door to the Meurer family for a quarter of a century and described the deceased as well liked in the neighborhood.

"`They're wonderful people,` Traversaro said. `I get this empty feeling knowing they're gone.`"

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