Richardson police probe three deaths in East Buckingham apartment, possible murder-suicide

Richardson police are investigating the deaths of three people found inside an apartment in the 500 block of East Buckingham Road after officers responded to a welfare check Wednesday morning. Police said a concerned family member called at about 5:30 a.m. to ask officers to check on someone who was not at the residence.

When patrol officers arrived, they entered the apartment and found three deceased people: an adult male, an adult female and a child. Detectives are treating the case as a suspected murder-suicide while they work to determine exactly what happened inside the home.

The Richardson Police Department said the identities of the dead were being withheld until next of kin could be notified. Officials also said no additional information was available, and the investigation remained ongoing.

For neighbors, tenants in nearby apartments and families in the East Buckingham Road area, the immediate concern is that the case appears to be tied to one residence and was uncovered through a family-requested welfare check, not a wider search or public manhunt. Police have not said there is a broader threat to the surrounding neighborhood.

The scene underscores how quickly a welfare check can turn into a death investigation, with officers moving from a routine response to a homicide-style inquiry in a matter of minutes. In a city that sits on the edge of Collin County and the Dallas County line, cases like this often draw attention well beyond the apartment complex because they affect nearby residents’ sense of safety as well as the people directly tied to the home.

Detectives are continuing to piece together the timeline inside the apartment and the relationship among the three dead. Until police release more details, the key facts remain the location on East Buckingham Road, the welfare check that led officers to the scene, and the suspected murder-suicide finding now at the center of the case.