WORLAND (WNE) — The investigation into two deaths in Worland last week have been ruled as a murder and suicide. 

According to a press release from the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office, “on or around the late evening hours of Monday, Aug. 15, and the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 16, Donald Orr, 50, shot and killed Carlene D. Brown, 22, and then took his own life.” 

According to the release, on Tuesday morning at 11:09 a.m., the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office was called to 342 Highway 20 North to conduct a welfare check on a female subject who was reported to be living at that address.

Upon entry in the home, deputies found the victim, Brown, who had succumbed to four gunshot wounds. It was also determined that she was pregnant at the time of her passing. 

The suspect, Orr, was also found to have succumbed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 

Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness said in the release that no other suspects were involved with this case and there was no threat or safety hazard to the public.  He said there was only one other previous call to the residence, which resulted in Orr being arrested. 

According to court records, the incident “stemmed from a dispute between Orr and his now ex-girlfriend Carlene Brown.” 

Brown did tell law enforcement officers that Orr was tracking her father Donald Brown with a firearm that night. 

According to court records, Donald Brown was there that night to help Carlene Brown move out “and the situation had deteriorated from there.”