The theories advanced in this thread are plausible and need to be investigated but it seems equally likely to me that the two cases are unrelated, the woman’s death might be most likely a domestic violence case and the male senator might have ended his own life. There was a delay between the reporting of the first death and the occurrence of the second one — I noticed in the comments on the link that one person had drawn the conclusion of a possible murder suicide which would be another angle to investigate.
im sure the cops will solve the cases and tell the American people our fears are unfounded/s