Pinellas detectives investigate murder-suicide of couple

ST. PETERSBURG — Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives on Saturday were investigating the murder-suicide of a couple found dead in their home.

Shelley Gold, 52, and Thomas Cappadona, 51, were discovered by a friend who had gone by the home in unincorporated St. Petersburg at about 2 p.m. Saturday to take Gold to lunch. Both had died of gunshot wounds to the head.

The couple had been together at least seven years, detectives said, and had been having problems.