Annette Torres and Mark Morris were found dead in their Bergenfield home by their 11-year-old son in March 2016.
BERGENFIELD - Police were called to the home of Annette Torres and Mark Morris five times in two years before a deadly fight erupted last month resulting in what authorities have called a murder-suicide.
Bergenfield Police Department records released Thursday show officers were first called to 268 West Clinton Ave. to settle a dispute on Jan. 10, 2014. Police resolved the dispute by having Morris leave the home for the night.
The last call to the home was for a welfare check on Feb. 28 - less than a month before the killings, records show.
A year earlier, on April 13, 2015, Torres, 36, called 911 to request help for Morris, 41, telling officers she thought he might be "addicted to drugs."
The records show that in addition to disputes, there were other troubles at the home. On July 16, 2014, police were called to repossess a vehicle, records show.
On Dec. 10, 2015, police were at the residence to assist the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency for a welfare check concerning the couple's 11-year-old son.
It was the same child who found his parents dead of gunshot wounds on Saturday morning, March 19. The boy ran to a friend's house where an adult called police, authorities have said.
Couple's fight sparked murder-suicide
In the afternoon or evening before the bodies were found, Morris and Torres had an altercation that ended when Morris shot and killed Torres in an upstairs bedroom, according to Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.
Morris then went to a utility room in the basement and shot and killed himself, the prosecutor said.
Two handguns were found inside the home - a .25-caliber and a 9 mm.
The police-call log was released to NJ Advance Media after the news organization filed an OPRA request with Bergenfield police seeking 911 calls from 2014 to the present.
The log reveals police were called to the home three more times after the deaths - once because a neighbor spotted an open door, another for detectives to followup on the shooting deaths, and a third categorized "keep the peace," while a relative removed belongings.
The March 19 call to report the shootings is redacted from the log because the shootings remain under investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Bergenfield Police Chief Cathy Madalone declined to release a 911 recording of police agencies discussing the deaths due to the pending investigation.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office did not respond to questions Thursday about the investigation.
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