Woman slain in home, suspect found dead in Moore County, officials say

A man suspected of killing a woman Thursday night in her Fayetteville home, shot and killed himself about 40 minutes later in Moore County, officials said.

The body of Jessica Moore, 35, was found shortly after 10 p.m. on a couch inside her home in the 3200 block of Kentyre Drive, according the Fayetteville Police Department. Police said Tito Matos left shortly after Moore was slain.

Forty minutes later, according to the Southern Pines Police Department, an officer there stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation at 10:45 p.m. When the officer approached, a news release said, the driver, later identified as Matos, was found "slumped over and suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Southern Pines police subsequently learned the vehicle was being sought in the Fayetteville killing the release said.

A news release from Fayetteville police Friday afternoon identified Matos and said he and Moore were in a "domestic relationship."

Public safety reporter Joseph Pierre can be reached at jpierre@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Murder-suicide: Fayetteville murder suspect shoots self in Southern Pines