Crime & Safety
Police Say Brother Stabbed Sister in Murder-Suicide
Their decomposed bodies were found Monday afternoon inside a Norcross-area home.

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Investigators now believe that the two bodies found Monday evening inside a Norcross-area home died as a result of a murder-suicide involving a brother and sister.
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Norcross Police said in a Wednesday morning statement that preliminary findings indicated Hoang Nguyen, 45, allegedly stabbed Glenda Nguyen, 49 -- his sister -- once in the back and once in the abdomen before taking his own life. Both victims are from Vietnam, police said.
The bodies were found around 2:45 p.m. Monday afternoon at 459 North Norcross Tucker Road, after a man cutting the grass at the home alerted police that he smelled a βstrong odorΒ of something deceasedβ coming from the house. The bodies were badly decomposed, police said.
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Norcross PD said the Gwinnett County Medical Examinerβs Office completed autopsies on the bodies Tuesday evening and determined the woman was murdered and the man had committed suicide. Investigators believe the deaths happened around the first week of June.
Hoang Nguyen was identified by a birth certificate found in the residence, police said. Glenda Nguyen had been renting the house for the past few months.
Neither had relationships with neighbors or friends. Glenda Nguyen worked a nail salon, but co-workers just thought she returned to Vietnam when she didnβt return to work, police said.
βThe reason for this horrific event is currently unknown,β police said in the statement.
Investigators are in contact with the US State Department attempting to locate relatives in Vietnam.
Police also released photographs of the deceased in hopes of gathering more info on them. If you have info to share in this case, email tips@norcrosspd.com or call the Norcross Police Department at 770-448-2111.
Photos: Glenda Nguyen, 49, Hoang Nguyen, 45; Norcross PD
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