Newlywed couple found dead in car from murder-suicide days before first anniversary, police say

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Police successful Illinois person ruled the decease of a newlywed mates to beryllium a murder-suicide aft they were recovered dormant successful their car connected Oct. 6.

Officials earlier said Rachel Dumovich, 29, and Brandon Dumovich, 30, were recovered erstwhile an serviceman connected Oct. 6 saw a parked car with its hazard lights activated successful Harvard, Illinois, on Route 14. When the constabulary serviceman looked wrong the car, some individuals were dead.

The Harvard Police Department connected Thursday said their deaths were a murder-suicide, arsenic their probe recovered that Brandon killed Rachel earlier taking his ain life.

A spokesperson for the coroner's bureau told Fox News Digital successful October that some Rachel and Brandon died from gunshot wounds to the head.

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Rachel Dumovich, 29, and Brandon Dumovich, 30, got joined successful October 2024. (The Knot/Rachel Dumovich)

Police initially said some radical had gunshot wounds, adding a weapon was recovered wrong the car. The McHenry County Major Investigative Assistance Team was activated for the incident.

While constabulary told adjacent residents to structure successful spot aft uncovering the dormant couple, it was "later determined determination was nary ongoing menace to the community."

According to her obituary, Rachel Noel Dumovich, 29, loved ones described her arsenic a loyal person who loved cooking, fashion, decorating, and spending clip by the water. (DeFiore Funeral Home)

A wedding leafage made by Rachel connected The Knot described the brace arsenic "middle schoolhouse sweethearts."

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Rachel Dumovich and Brandon Dumovich were recovered dormant little than 1 week earlier their wedding anniversary. (Facebook/Rachel Dumovich)

Rachel described that she met Brandon successful mediate schoolhouse erstwhile she was 12 years aged and caught his attraction by "stealing cologne from his locker and moving distant with it."

The 2 stayed successful "touch done galore beingness stages and 15 years of friendship," Rachel wrote, sharing that they began dating successful 2022.

Brandon coiled up proposing successful the summertime of 2023 astatine Big Cedar Lake adjacent Slinger, Wisconsin, wherever the brace yet got joined connected Oct. 12, 2024.

"We can’t hold to stock the adjacent section of our emotion communicative surrounded by our friends and family!" Rachel wrote erstwhile she announced the wedding.

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Rachel Dumovich and Brandon Dumovich met successful mediate school. (Facebook/Rachel Dumovich)

Just hours earlier the mates died, Rachel posted connected Facebook: "Forever chasing sunsets. Wishing we were backmost successful Greece." The societal media station appeared to notation the couple's honeymoon.

"Our thoughts stay with the families and each those affected by this tragedy," the Harvard Police Department wrote connected Thursday.