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Bodies were removed from a Medford Road home in Parsippany Monday afternoon. Authorities later identified them as belonging to Chester Andraka and his wife, Rosaria Andraka.

(Photo by Courtesy of Marcus DiPaola)

Chester and Rosaria Andraka, as seen on Chester Andraka's Facebook page

— An ex-Caldwell police officer and his wife were both found dead of gunshot wounds at their Medford Road home Monday afternoon.

Parsippany police were told at 10:01 a.m. that Chester Andraka, 46, failed to report to work Monday, acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a statement from his office.

When police arrived at Andraka's home at 2 Medford Road, they found the home was locked, and saw a body on the couch through a window, he said. Police forced their way into the home, and found Chester Andraka, 46, along with wife Rosario Andraka, 43, dead, he said. Each had suffered a gunshot wound, Knapp said.

Although the prosecutor's office spelled Chester Andraka's wife's name as Rosario in a formal statement, several online listings for the household members and other apparent references to the resident call her Rosaria. Facebook profiles that appear to be for the couple also refer to her as Rosaria.

Covered stretchers with their bodies were taken from the residence around 4 p.m.

Two high-level law enforcement officials have told the Star-Ledger one of those killed was a former Caldwell police officer.

identifies him as such, and also lists him as an employee of Novartis.

The high-level law enforcement officials described the incident as a murder-suicide. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

Caldwell police directed all questions to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

Earlier this month, Chester Andraka said of Rosaria Andraka on his Facebook page, "My is wife simply gorgeous, more beautiful now than the day I met her."

Chester Andraka also worked with his wife at Fairleigh Dickinson University, which acknowledged to NJ.com that two of its staff members were killed Monday.

Rosaria Andraka was an honors program administrator. Her husband was an adjunct professor.

"The university is shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of two employees, which happened off campus earlier today. The University is cooperating with local authorities," FDU said in a press statement.

The home has been surrounded with police tape, and the road was blocked off throughout the afternoon Monday.

Sean Nadeau was driving home from Parsippany Hills High School with his girlfriend, Melanie Deering, when they were forced to turn around on Medford Road.

"It's really such a quiet place," Nadeau said. "Nothing happens here."

"Everybody knows everybody in the neighborhood," Deering said.

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—NJ.com reporters Brendan Kuty and Louis C. Hochman, and Star-Ledger reporter James Queally contributed to this story.