KAWKAWLIN TWP, MI -- Police have released the names of a married couple believed to have died in a murder-suicide.

Bay County Sheriff Troy R. Cunningham identified Lawrence D. Alexander, 62, and wife Cheryl A. Alexander, 60, as the deceased parties. Deputies responded to the couple's home in the 2000 block of Lebourdais Road in Kawkawlin Township shortly before noon on Friday, Oct. 6, and found their bodies inside.

The couple's daughter had stopped by to check on them and called 911 upon discovering their bodies, Cunningham said.

Evidence at the scene indicated Lawrence Alexander had shot and killed his wife with a handgun before turning the weapon on himself, the sheriff said.

Autopsy results are pending and the Michigan State Police Crime Lab is continuing to analyzed recovered evidence.