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By FRANK ROSARIO, DOUG AUER and LARRY CELONA

Last Updated: 2:31 PM, July 29, 2010

Posted: 3:36 AM, July 29, 2010

A Bronx mother fatally shot her 12-year-old son in the head before blowing

her brains out in what cops believe is a murder- suicide.

Micaela , 37, was found with the 9mm weapon still in her hand, lying

in the same bed as her son, Holmes, Jr., sources said.

Along with the bodies, police found a note written by saying that

caring for her child, who was autistic, had become too overwhelming.

" He was a gift, he was pure, " said the boy's devastated father, who shares

the same name as his son.

" It doesn't make any sense to me. His mother was so strong.

" I don't know what would make her want to do that. "

The tragedy was discovered yesterday when 's sister grew concerned

after not hearing from her in a while and went to the Heights home at

around 7:25 p.m. to see her.

The first-floor Loring Place apartment was locked and chained from the

inside, so the increasingly worried sister got the building's superintendent

to open the door.

Together, they made the grisly discovery.

The tragedy came less than a week after a Staten Island mother, Leisa ,

slit three of her children's throats and then killed herself and her

2-year-old son by setting their apartment on fire.

and her son lived by themselves.

Sources said investigators were not looking for any suspects.

The bloodshed left teary-eyed relatives at a loss to explain why

would murder her child.

Holmes Sr. said had recently been promoted at Montefiore Hospital,

where she had been working as a secretary.

He added that they all enjoyed a recent family trip to Rye Playland.

" She was at a happy point in her life, " he said.

A woman who identified herself as a cousin said, " She was a good person. I

don't know what happened.

" She was a really great mom, and the family is grieving right now. "

The heartbroken dad said he saw his son every Sunday, and the boy " had a

great smile and a lot of charm. "

" Even if you had an evil heart, you'd still love him, " he said.

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