NEW YORK – A retired NYPD officer Petlyn Job was discovered dead in what is being referred to as an apparent murder-suicide while her social media showed her “living my best life.”
Job, 49, reportedly shot and killed her boyfriend, identified as Alex Delone, 52, before turning the gun on herself at her New York residence on Friday, sources revealed to the New York Post.
Delone suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, while Job sustained a fatal gunshot wound beneath her jaw, police said.
Job, a single mother of three, retired from NYPD in September 2021. In retirement, she posted numerous photos to social media of time spent traveling and with family. Her youngest child, a daughter, is just 12, according to the news outlet.
One social media post from August, showed her in uniform during a 2018 concert with singer Allison Hinds.
“THESE WERE THE GOOD OLE’ DAYS…I SURE MISS THESE OPPORTUNITIES & RUNNING INTO CELEBRATIES [sic] EVERY NOW & THEN WHEN I WAS WORKING BUT…I’M SURE ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT & LIVING MY BEST LIFE A LOT BETTER!!!,” Job wrote.
According to her social media posts, she celebrated her 49th birthday with a trip to Morocco and also enjoyed an Alicia Keys concert.
“AUGUST IS MY BIRTHDAY MONTH & I’M JUST HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE,” she wrote in one post.