An estranged couple who worked as TV ghost hunters were found dead inside a Nevada apartment Tuesday after a standoff with police.
The bodies of Mark and Debby Constantino were discovered barricaded inside their adult daughter's apartment in Sparks just hours after the killing of Constantino’s roommate in Reno.
Officials have not said how the three died, but said Mark Constantino fired at officers who approached the apartment door.
Police said little about the Reno killing but confirmed Wednesday that the two incidents were "directly related."
The Constantinos have been featured as paranormal experts on the Travel Channel's series “Ghost Adventures,” including episodes shot at the Mustang Ranch brothel east of Reno, the Goldfield Hotel and the Market Street Cinema in San Francisco. They were in the process of divorcing.
Police said Mark Constantino fired at cops who responded to the scene.
One of Debby Constantino’s roommates called police around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. She came home to find her male roommate dead inside their shared home and Debby Constantino was missing, she said.
Officers tracked Debby Constantino's cellphone to the apartment across town in Sparks, which belongs to Mark and Debby Constantino’s adult daughter. When police knocked on the door, they heard a man yelling.
The man told cops, "Give me 15 minutes to gather my thoughts, or I'll kill her," Reno Deputy Police Chief Tom Robinson said.
That’s when Mark Constantino began firing at the officers. Sparks police Lt. Rocky Triplett said Wednesday that cops did not return fire.
“The subjects involved in this incident were not shot at or injured by gunfire from any law enforcement personnel,” he said.
Court records show Debby Constantino obtained a restraining order against her estranged husband last week. The two were scheduled to appear in court in December regarding their pending divorce.
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