Another Couple Found Dead

"LINCOLN COUNTY, MO – Investigators say a man fatally shot his girlfriend before he fatally shot himself early this morning just east of Troy, Mo.

"Sheriff’s Detective Shayne Duryea said the shooting was reported shortly after midnight at the boyfriend’s home.

"The girlfriend’s friends and family found the couple dead in the foyer of a home in the 200 block of Autumn Oaks Drive, Duryea said. They had gone looking for her when she didn’t come home Sunday.

"Relatives called authorities after finding their bodies, Duryea said.

"The man was 28. His girlfriend was 20. Duryea said he could not yet release their identities because Coroner Bob Shramek had not yet found all of their relatives.

"Each died of a single gunshot wound, Duryea said. They had been dead at least 36 hours when they were found.

"Duryea said the last time anyone had spoken to the couple was about 3 a.m. Saturday. He said the girlfriend’s sister had spoken to her then, but he would not say what they had discussed."

From stltoday.com...