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Identified as father, daughter from Florida
NEW BAVARIA, Ohio — A Parrish, Fla. man and his 10-year-old daughter were found dead Monday in a vehicle parked on a rural road near this southwest Henry County community, authorities said today.
The deaths of Timothy R. Brown, 47, and Alexandra Brown, 10, are being investigated as a murder-suicide because of a custody dispute, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. The autopsies are scheduled today at the Lucas County Coroner’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle found the bodies about 10:40 a.m. in a vehicle parked on Henry County Road 16-A in the county’s Pleasant Township.
Sheriff Michael Bodenbender said the bodies had gunshot wounds. A 9-mm handgun was recovered at the scene, he said.
New Bavaria is about 12 miles southeast of Defiance, which is about 55 miles southwest of Toledo.
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