2 Bodies Found In Martinez Home In Apparent Murder-Suicide: Cops

MARTINEZ, CA — A man and woman were found dead Tuesday in a Martinez-area residence in what Contra Costa County Sheriff's detectives believe may have been a murder-suicide. The deceased have been identified as Daywa Arakozie, 34, a woman from Oakley; and Montai Glaspie, a 31-year-old man from Bay Point, according to sheriff's office Spokesman Jimmy Lee.

Their bodies were discovered Tuesday inside in a home in the 2400 block of Monterey Avenue — near Shell Avenue and Pine Street — in unincorporated Martinez, Lee said.

Initially, deputies with the sheriff's Muir Station responded at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday to assist the Martinez Police Department with a missing-person investigation, Lee said.

The investigation led them to the Monterey Avenue address. Upon entering the residence, sheriff's deputies and Martinez police officers found a woman's body.

"While clearing the residence, the deputies and officers located a deceased man in a room," Lee said.

Personnel with the sheriff's Forensic Services Division Crime Lab were then summoned to the scene, as were sheriff's detectives.

"Detectives say the two were in a relationship and that this appears to be a murder-suicide," Lee said.

As of Wednesday evening, the investigation was ongoing; anyone with any information pertinent to the case is asked to contact the Office of the Sheriff at 925-646-2441 or the Investigation Division at 925-313-2600.

Information may also be submitted by sending an email to tips@so.cccounty.us or by calling 866-846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.