{"id":77787,"date":"2026-01-04T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77787\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:34:09","slug":"two-killed-in-lehigh-county-possible-murder-suicide-names-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77787\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed in Lehigh County possible murder-suicide; names released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/k3d4rxzu3ycknamt.jpg\" alt=\"Man, woman dead in Lehigh County in possible murder-suicide, coroner says\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/video\/fmc-fisy4du0tn6knao0\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man, woman dead in Lehigh County in possible murder-suicide, coroner says<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Two people were found dead inside a Bethlehem home late Friday night, and authorities are investigating the case as a possible murder-suicide.<br \/>\nThe Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office was called to the 200 block of 10th Avenue in Bethlehem at about 10:45 p.m. Friday for a report of an adult female found dead.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. &#8211; The Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office has released the names of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/man-woman-dead-lehigh-county-possible-murder-suicide-coroner-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">two people who died<\/a> after a shooting inside a Bethlehem home late Friday night.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The woman was identified as Sarah A. Rice, 39, of Bethlehem. The coroner said Rice was pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m. Friday inside a residence in the 200 block of 10th Avenue. She died from a gunshot injury.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The man was identified as Greg A. Johnson, 42, also of Bethlehem. Johnson was taken to St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital in Bethlehem, where he was pronounced dead at 11:39 p.m. Friday. The coroner said he also died from a gunshot injury.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Officials said the incident involved both individuals and occurred around 10 p.m. Friday inside the home.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The manner of death, as far as how the gunshot injuries happened, has not yet been officially determined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office said autopsies for both victims are scheduled for Monday, Jan. 5. The manner of death and updated causes of death will be released after those examinations are completed.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Bethlehem Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force, and the Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office are continuing to investigate the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article is based on an updated statement released Sunday by the Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/lehigh-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lehigh County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man, woman dead in Lehigh County in possible murder-suicide, coroner says Two people were found dead inside a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,592,433,139,539,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-77787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-lehigh-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pa","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}