HALAWA HEIGHTS — Police now believe the shooting deaths of a Halawa Heights Road couple last night is the result of a murder-suicide and not a homicide, said Honolulu Police Lt. Bill Kato.

Police have not released the couple's identity, pending the results of an autopsy, Kato said.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office said the woman died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head and her death is classified as a homicide. The man also died as a result of a gunshot wound, but the manner of death was ruled a suicide.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office said it will not release the names until it receives fingerprint verifications.

Meanwhile, officers located a daughter, after searching for her last night, police said.

The couple was found shot to death in bed last night, a small-caliber pistol nearby after police received a dropped 911 call at 6:39 p.m.

No one answered the door when officers arrived at apartment No. 4, so officers broke into the apartment through a rear bedroom window. The complex is at 99-801 Halawa Heights Road.

Although authorities have not released their identity, Garton Mau, landlord at the complex, this morning said they are Elisco and Marissa Dumlao. They had just moved in to their second-floor apartment in March, Mau said.

"All I know is he was a really nice man," Mau said. "He kept to himself and was a quiet person, simple."

Elisco Dumlao, 60, and Marissa, age 45, were recently married, said a co-worker of Marissa Dumlao.

"She was a hard worker and a good worker," said Aurora Doble at Maile's Lei Stand at Honolulu International Airport, where Marissa Dumlao had worked since October. "I lost a good worker."

At the complex this morning, yellow police tape had been removed from the Dumlaos' unit, which had its windows and doors locked tight. Many of the neighbors were not home.

David Moses, who lives next door to the Dumlaos, said they didn't chit-chat much. He tried to "talk story" with them, but they didn't seem interested.

"We're neighbors, you know what I mean?" Moses said. "I tried to show them some neighborly talk story, but they just wanted to be 'howzit and bye' kind neighbors.

"This whole place, no one knows these people."