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Husband posted wedding day pic before murder-suicide

A graphic designer is believed to have killed his wife and then taken his own life — just hours after updating his Facebook profile with their romantic wedding day photograph, according to a report Tuesday.

The body of James Barnes, 30, was found in the garden of his parents’ home in England’s West Midlands, about two hours south of Manchester, on Tuesday morning, law enforcement sources told the UK Telegraph.

His 32-year-old wife, Amy Barnes, a nurse, was discovered dead 40 minutes later in the couple’s nearby home in an apparent murder-suicide, the outlet reported.

Two hours beforehand, Barnes posted a photo of himself and his spouse — grinning and covered with confetti — as they walked down the aisle on their wedding day three years ago.





“At this early stage, it’s understood the woman was murdered before the man took his own life in the garden of [his parents’ home],” a West Midlands police spokesman told the site.

“Detectives are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. Forensic post-mortems will take place in due course on the deceased who were both aged in their 30s,” the spokesman added.

The pair lived in a $224,000 home and were described by neighbors as “a perfectly normal, friendly couple,” according to the Daily Mail.

Vicky James, a relative of Amy, told the paper the family was “devastated.”

Barnes studied graphic design at Sutton Coldfield College and animation at the University of Derby, according to the tabloid.





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