SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. -- A coroner's inquest is scheduled to begin today in Prince Edward Island into the deaths of a mother and her young son in a murder-suicide.

The bodies of 38-year-old Patricia Hennessey of Stratford and her four-year-old son Nash Campbell were found in a burning vehicle on Martin Road near St. Felix in June 2013.

Police said the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide and both died of smoke inhalation.

The inquest is expected to continue throughout the week.

Coroner Roy Montgomery will hear the inquest at the provincial court in Summerside.