St. Tammany Coroner Dr. Charles Preston positively identified the victims of an apparent murder-suicide that occurred near Mandeville yesterday.
43 YO Tara Book and her daughter, 23 YO Brittany Buras, both lived at 790 Lane St. in Mandeville. At approximately 8:30 Tuesday morning a woman called 911 and told an STPSO dispatcher she had just shot her daughter and that she was going to shoot herself. The dispatcher then heard what appeared to be a gunshot.
Deputies were dispatched to the residence where the 911 call originated and found two deceased females.
Autopsies are planned for today, after which Preston will rule on cause and manner of death for each.
