Police are investigating the deaths of two prominent Ulster County first responders as a murder-suicide.
Sheriff Juan Figueroa says the bodies of James Brugger and his wife, Melinda, were found by a family member at a home in Plattekill Friday night.
Figueroa announced detectives' findings in a video released on social media on Monday.
James Brugger was a former chief of the Plattekill Fire Department. Melinda Brugger was an EMS captain.
Figueroa offered thoughts and prayers to all of those impacted by their deaths, including the entire first responder community.