The PSNI is investigating the movements of a man who is believed to have killed his estranged wife before taking his own life.
The body of mother-of-three Sharon Hull (33) was found in her detached house in Carnbeg Meadows, Antrim, shortly after 8.30am yesterday.
Ten minutes later her husband, Philip (34), was discovered in a red Ford Escort in a car park of the nearby Tardree Forest, in the Parkgate Road area of Kells, five miles away.
Detectives are treating Mrs Hull's death as murder and her husband's as an apparent suicide. They are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
Local Ulster Unionist Party councillor Adrian Watson, who knew the couple, said the area was in shock.
"When the news started breaking, friends and family, everybody was in total shock," he said. "With a young family, lovely house, everything seemed to have been going quite well. Certainly no one would have suspected this event would have been brought to their door."
Detectives from the PSNI's Serious Crime branch are appealing for anyone who heard a disturbance in Carnbeg Meadows at around 3am to come forward.
The couple have two boys and one girl, all thought to be under 10, but none were in the house when the body was discovered.
Police confirmed there had been a restraining order in place against Mr Hull.
The PSNI said detectives were keen to trace the movements of the Ford Escort, registration R257BMY, between 2am and 6am.
Police cordoned off the car park as forensic officers examined the vehicle to try and piece together the sequence of events.
PA