GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Greenville police say the deaths of two people inside an apartment are being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Greenville police officers went to 1209 Firetower Road, Apt K at Belle Meade Apartments where two people were found dead inside the apartment.

When officers arrived they found the bodies of 35-year-old Rani Barnes, and 39-year-old Michael Wilkes Jr. Police say the two were in a romantic relationship.

Police say that based on evidence collected by detectives, the case is being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide pending autopsy results.

No further information is available at this time.