The off-duty Illinois State Police trooper and his wife who were found shot dead inside a parked car on Chicago's South Side Monday have been confirmed as a murder-suicide.
The family of Amanda Alvarez-Calo, 31, said that she was on the verge of leaving her husband, 30-year-old Antonio Alvarez, at the time of her death.
Chicago police said that at around 1.40pm on Monday, a witness came across a car in the 11000 block of South Avenue E and discovered inside the bodies of Trooper Alvarez and Alvarez-Calo.
The couple were pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the head, state police said. The car they were in was non-department issued.
Alvarez-Calo's death has since been ruled a homicide, while Alvarez's gunshot wound has been deemed to be self-inflicted, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
Amanda Alvarez leaves behind two young children, a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter
Amanda Alvarez, 31, a Chicago schoolteacher, was found shot dead alongside her husband, Illinois State Trooper Antonio Alvarez, 30, on Monday
Alvarez, seen in this photo with her brother Johnny Calo
A tarp covers the car Alvarez-Calo and her estranged husband, State Trooper Antonio Alvarez, were found in
A witness found the couple's bodies inside a vehicle parked in the 11000 block of South Avenue E in Chicago
The Alvarezes were pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the head and a gun was recovered
