Steve Sislo and his wife Donna were found fatally shot inside their New York home last week
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- Steve and Donna Sislo’s 35-year-old son Justin Sislo killed them before dying by suicide, according to police
- The deceased couple were longtime supporters of the local arts and culture scene
- Justin had been arrested on strangulation charges in July; his parents bailed him out of jail days before the killings
A New York couple is being mourned after they were found dead in what police believe was a murder-suicide at the hands of their son.
Steve Sislo and Donna Walker-Sislo were found deceased in their Madison, N.Y., residence on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, the Rome Sentinel, Syracuse.com and LocalSYR.com reported.
Their son, 35-year-old Justin Sislo, was also found dead inside the residence, the sheriff’s office said, per the outlets.
All three of them had been fatally shot, according to the outlets, citing authorities.
Justin was arrested on July 1 on strangulation charges connected to an incident the month before, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
His parents bailed him out of jail for $10,000 just days before the killings, according to authorities, LocalSYR and the Rome Sentinel reported.
A former classmate posted online in December 2023 that nobody had heard from Justin for years, garnering comments from several others who had the same concern. In light of the recent news, they expressed shock about what allegedly became of him.
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According to the Rome Sentinel, the deceased couple were patrons in the community and Steve was a longtime supporter of Capitol Arts Complex in Rome — a renowned local cultural center.
“One of the guys who was a real pillar of the community,” Art Pierce, the executive director at the complex, told the outlet. “He was particularly involved in the military bands, sponsoring them. He was the guy who was instrumental in bringing them in.”
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