Overview
- Troopers responded Sunday at 2:23 p.m. to an apartment on Susquehanna Trail in Watts Township, where two people were found dead.
- The Perry County coroner identified the victims as Kevin Crockett, 35, and Ashley Rice, 38.
- Officials say the case appears related to a domestic dispute and report no danger to the public.
- Family members describe the incident as a suspected murder-suicide by gunfire, saying Rice's daughter discovered the bodies and relatives later retrieved her cats from the apartment attached to a Route 11 gas station.
- Court records cited by local reporting detail prior domestic violence involving Crockett, including a 2016 assault case and a 2024 police response involving weapons and alcohol.