Updated: Oct 01, 2010 1:10 PM EDT
Pulaski police are investigating an apparent murder suicide. 55 year-old Nyia Sengkhammee was found dead in a house in the 100-block of East Green Bay Road shortly after 7 Sunday night.
Police say she suffered severe trauma to the head, neck and chest. Police found a bloodied butcher knife and a sawed-off three branch next to her body.
In another room of the house, police found the body of 63 year-old Khay Sengkhamme. Police say he died of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. A small- caliber handgun was found nearby.
"Our investigation leads us to believe that they deaths are a direct result of a domestic violence incident in which the husband murdered his wife and then took his own life," Police Chief Randal Dunford said.
Pulaski police say there were called to the house by family members Sunday night when they became concerned about Nyia Sengkhamme.
The adult children of the couple told police they had been fighting, and Nyia Sengkhamme spent Saturday night at the home of one of her children. They said she returned to the home Sunday to retrieve some belongings at about 11 am. When she did not return by 6:45, family members went to the house, found a door open but the house dark, and called police.
Police say their investigation indicates Khay Sengkhamme killed his wife and then himself, but officers are continuing their investigation.
Neighbors were shocked to learn about the violence in the home. Mary Yurek called them, "Nice people, everyday people. They wouldn't hurt anybody, and if you needed help...they would give you the shirt off their back."
The couple has four adult children.
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