Crime & Safety

Couple Found Dead in Marietta Home

The woman's father reported her missing earlier Wednesday.

The bodies of a couple were found in their Marietta house Wednesday night.

discovered Mary Ellen Cano, 32, and Wilbur Smith, 28, dead in the home they shared in the 900 block of Springdale Drive about 8:30 p.m., CBS Atlanta and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Officers went to the home after Cano’s father walked into the police station around 6 p.m. to report that she had been missing for a couple of days, police spokesman Officer David Baldwin told WSB-TV.

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After finding the bodies of the boyfriend and girlfriend, officers waited until they had a warrant to search the house. They got the warrant just before midnight, CBS Atlanta said.

Police did not say how they think the couple died.

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