{"id":77828,"date":"2026-01-04T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77828\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:59:07","slug":"coroner-releases-identities-in-apparent-bethlehem-murder-suicide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77828\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner releases identities in apparent Bethlehem murder-suicide case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have released the identities of <a href=\"https:\/\/slot.medianewsgroup.com\/2026\/01\/03\/bethlehem-murder-suicide-10th-avenue-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the gunshot victims in west Bethlehem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said Sarah A. Rice, 39, and Greg A. Johnson, 42, were pronounced dead around 11:30 p.m. Friday in a house in the 200 block of 10th Avenue. The shootings occurred about 10 p.m. Friday, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Buglio said both died from gunshot injuries. Autopsies on both are scheduled for Monday, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said Sunday the matter remains under investigation. County officials and the Bethlehem Police Department are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>A candlelight vigil has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday night outside the home, 209 10th Ave., to remember Rice and Johnson, and raise awareness about domestic violence, according to Salisa McFadden, one of the vigil organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem police received a 911 call from an adult who dropped a child off at that address after a playdate, according to a news release Saturday. The child entered the home, but quickly exited and reported a \u201cserious issue\u201d in the home to the adult.<\/p>\n<p>Police then found two deceased adults in the home. Two children and an older adult in the home were unharmed. The older adult is not considered a suspect and appeared unaware of the incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The three children who lived at the home were identified as the children of the deceased people and were placed in the care of family members, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem police said Saturday there was no indication of an ongoing threat to the community.<\/p>\n<p>A family member of Rice\u2019s has established an online fundraising effort to help her family. More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/coming-together-for-a-tragic-loss?attribution_id=sl:d43068a0-aee7-4964-b561-2e666e1fe0be&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1767449841&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_tc&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the GoFundMe page<\/a> in Rice\u2019s name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities have released the identities of the gunshot victims in west Bethlehem. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,202,182,139,432],"class_list":{"0":"post-77828","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-and-public-safety","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-stories-tmc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77828","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=77828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}