Elderly Idaho Couple Found Dead

"MERIDIAN, ID - An elderly couple is dead after shots were fired in a Meridian home Sunday evening.

"That report came in around 8 p.m. A man called 911 and hung up, but officers were able to locate the Meridian address on in the 2000 block of W. Sandalwood in the area of Ten Mile and Linder roads, north of Cherry Lane.

"Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg says 87-year-old Robert Emerson shot and killed his wife, 90-year-old Olive Emerson, and then turned the gun on himself. The coroner said it appeared that both Olive and Robert Emerson planned the murder-suicide.

"Meridian Police Lt. Tracy Basterrechea says investigators were told by family members that Robert and Olive were both suffering from terminal cancer and that was a factor in the decision to take their lives."

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