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NYPD were called to 1200 block of New York Avenue on September 25th where they located 37-year-old Azalea Rivas and 14-year-old Azeris Wright, and their pet poodle deceased. Investigators said the discovery was reported by Rivas’s 38-year-old ex-boyfriend.

Police said it’s possible that Rivas may have killed Wright and their dog before taking their own life. Investigators said a bag was found over the heads of Azeris Wright, and the dog. Wright had suffered blunt force trauma to her skull and a stab wound to her back.

Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said It was some heavy object. “A plastic bag was placed over her head probably to contain the blood and the splatter. The dog was placed alongside the daughter, almost staged.”

Police believe Rivas died as a result of a puncture wound to the lung, and had what were believed to be self-inflicted cuts to her wrists and neck.