HOLMDEL -- The wife of a telecommunications research scientist shot him to death and then killed herself in the upscale Holmdel home they recently purchased, according to authorities and public records.

Arshad Zarak

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said Arshad Zarak, 52, and his wife Asma Hussain, 42, were found dead in the master bedroom of their Paddington Lane home Thursday afternoon.

He said Holmdel police received a 911 call from a teenage male at about 1:20 p.m. that reported finding the couple unresponsive in their bedroom. Zarak, shot twice, was found lying on the bed and Hussain, shot once, was lying face down on the floor, he said. A firearm was in her hand, he said. No other weapons were found near Hussain or Zarak, the prosecutor said.

An autopsy was performed by the Middlesex County Regional Medical Examiner's Office on Thursday, revealing two gunshot wounds to Zarak's head and one to Hussain's head, Gramiccioni said.

Holmdel police, along with the prosecutor's office, are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the couple.

Property records show the couple purchased their home in The Reserve at Holmdel, a development on a portion of the former Bell Labs- Lucent property, for $1.6 million on July 17.

Zarak is listed as a telecommunications researcher at AT&T Labs in Middletown and an adjunct professor teaching courses on wireless communications at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, according to the school's website.

Anyone with information is asked to call prosecutor's Detective Patrick Petruzziello at 800-533-7443 or Holmdel Detective Andrew Kret at 732-946-4400.

The FBI's Red Bank Field Office assisted the investigative team by providing translation, the prosecutor said.

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