Elderly Pennsylvania Couple Found Dead

"FAIRVIEW, PA - Fairview Township Police were on the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide Tuesday morning.

"Township Police Chief Bernard Dugan said police received a call about 7 a.m. to respond to a home in the 500 block of Pleasant View Road. There, they found an 80-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman dead of gunshot wounds.

"`Preliminarily, it seems the male may have shot the female and then killed himself,` Dugan said. He said it is believed the victims are husband and wife.

"Dugan said the woman was found inside the home and the man was found outside, behind the home. A double-barrelled shotgun was found near him.

"`We’re fairly sure of how it occurred,` Dugan said, but he said police were still taking photographs to document the scene.

"Dugan said police were alerted to the deaths by a family member of the couple, who lives close by. That family member found a note on his or her porch that the family has described as a suicide note, Dugan said.

"The York County Coroner’s office was on the way to the scene shortly after 8 a.m. Dugan said it appears the deaths happened fairly recently."

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