Family found dead in Bellingham home identified as 5-year-old boy and his parents

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Authorities on Tuesday identified the three people found dead in a Bellingham home as a man, woman and their 5-year-old child.

Bellingham Police Department spokeswoman Danette Beckley said police responded Monday afternoon to a home in the Cordata neighborhood for a welfare check and found the bodies of three people inside.

Beckley identified the family as 43-year-old female Tanya Rowe, 45-year-old Kevin Rowe and 5-year-old Benton Rowe.

Tanya Rowe worked as the Executive Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Bellingham School District. According to her bio, she worked as a journalist for newspapers in Michigan, Washington, D.C., Indiana and the Bellingham Herald. She also worked at Western Washington University for five years.

Beckley said police are investigating this as a murder-suicide and there is no danger to the public:

No further information has been released.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.