Sierra Vista police said that a couple and their 5-month-old baby were found dead at their home shortly before noon Wednesday.
A relative called police after discovering the lifeless bodies of Gerardo De La Torre, 47, Raquel De La Santos De La Torre, 30, and their infant.
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Sierra Vista Police spokesman Corporal Scott Borgstadt affirmed that the father had terminal cancer and had been told he could not be helped.
The couple left a suicide note explaining that they “had agreed to a suicide-pact, and they were taking the baby with them,” Borgstadt said.
The three victims had single-shot wounds each. The parents were shot in the head while the baby had a gunshot wound to the chest.