FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio - The parents of Carnell Sledge, the 40-year-old man shot dead in Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation Tuesday, did not know the 33-year-old woman who was killed along with him.

That’s according to Beverly Perry, a cousin of Sledge’s grandmother. Perry told cleveland.com Thursday that police went to the home of Carl and Darlene Sledge, the parents of Carnell Sledge, in Bedford at 2 a.m. Wednesday to notify them of their son’s death. Perry said detectives showed Carl Sledge a picture of Katherine Brown, 33, of Fairview Park, but he didn’t recognize her.

“No one knew her,” Perry said.

The parents live in Bedford, where Carnell Sledge grew up and went to Bedford High School, Perry said.

Perry said Carnell Sledge was not married and did not have any children.

“He’s been a working young man and a very ambitious young man,” she said.

Hours before his violent death, Carnell Sledge spoke to a co-worker at Cleveland-based Crescent Digital and showed no signs of distress, the co-worker told cleveland.com on Thursday.

Keith Kallay, who is in charge of human resources and finance at Crescent Digital, recalled speaking with Sledge in the middle of the day on Tuesday about an expense report and that he demonstrated no unusual behavior.

Kallay said Sledge, who was an audio visual technician, would have left work that day sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Sledge’s body and that of Katherine Brown, 33, were reported found at 5:22 p.m. in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation, just north of the Lorain Road Bridge and east of Valley Parkway.

“Currently we believe this to be an isolated incident and overall, the safety of the parks is not in question,” Cleveland Metroparks Police Chief Katherine Dolan said during a news conference Thursday morning.

Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson said Sledge died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and that Brown died from a single gunshot wound.

Kallay said Sledge was a good employee who was always punctual and that everybody liked. He said he did not know Brown.

Crescent Digitial, which installs audio visual equipment, has been in business since 2001 and the projects it has worked on include the ongoing renovations at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

Sledge’s LinkedIn page said he also worked as a transportation coordinator and youth consultant at Applewood Centers from September 2002 until the present. Kallay said he understood Sledge to be a volunteer at Applewood, a nonprofit that provides mental-health services to children and adults.

Sledge also had been a special education specialist in the Westlake School District from September 2013 to 2018, according to a school district spokeswoman.

Kallay said a hospice specialist was at Crescent Digital, located at East 30th Street and Euclid Avenue, on Thursday to talk with employees about the loss of Sledge.

“No one suspected anything like this would happen,” Kallay said.