Overview
- Essex County prosecutors identified the deceased as Becky Lynn Center, 58, and John Patrick Nesbitt, 56.
- Officers found both with apparent gunshot wounds inside a Colonial Road home around 9:40 p.m. Monday after a call from a concerned family member.
- Investigators are treating the case as an apparent murder-suicide, and officials have not said who fired the weapon.
- Beverly police, Massachusetts State Police, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are conducting the investigation under the district attorney’s office.
- Officials say the incident poses no ongoing risk to the public, and neighbors described the residents as private but friendly.