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Blood dripping through apartment ceiling leads Florida police to dead couple

MARGATE, Fla. — Blood seeping through the ceiling of a South Florida apartment led police to a couple dead from an apparent murder-suicide, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

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After a neighbor reported the blood Sunday, police knocked on the apartment upstairs. When no one responded, Margate police removed the door and found two people dead -- Sally Mantzouranis, 66, who was found lying in bed; and her husband, Nicholas Mantzouranis, 84, who was next to her on the floor, WPLG reported.

Each had a gunshot wound to the head, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

A gun was found next to Nicholas Mantzouranis, authorities said.

The couple's deaths remain under investigation, WPLG reported.