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Identities in Hurricane Murder-Suicide Released

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Police have released the names of the two people killed in a murder-suicide in Hurricane Wednesday night.

It happened about 10 p.m. at a home along Kelly's Cove.
 
Captain Joe Sisk says Christopher Kinder stabbed and killed his girlfriend, 33-year-old Katherine “Kate” Taylor.
 
Captain Sisk says Kinder, 41, then killed himself with a shotgun.
 
Taylor was stabbed multiple times, according to Captain Sisk.
 
The couple had a 1-year-old daughter who was home at the time of the incident. A family member says the baby is now staying with a grandmother.
 
Sisk also says that police had responded to domestic violence calls at the house in the past.