NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A husband and wife were found dead in their home at 9:35 this morning at 312 Cedar Ave., after a "well-being" check, New Smyrna Beach police reported.
After gaining access to the residence, responding officers discovered the bodies of two deceased individuals, a male and female," police spokesman Sgt. Michael Brouillette said.
The victims were identified as Steven G. Brady, 58, and Pamela Palmer Brady, 56. Police did not release information about how or possibly why they died except to say it is under investigation. Any unexplained death is a homicide. Police have not ruled out the possibility of a murder-suicide though they did say there is no reason to believe the public safety is at stake.
Brady is an attorney for the Orlando office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE officials could not be reached for comment after 5 p.m.
New Smyrna Beach police are being assisted in their investigation by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office and the Volusia County Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit.