Elderly Couple Found Dead

"CLYDE, NC — The Haywood County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a possible murder-suicide.

"A man called emergency dispatchers just before 8:40 a.m. to report a shooting on Huddleston Drive just outside of Clyde, said Haywood County Sheriff Bobby Suttles.

"Deputies arrived at the house and found the body of a man on the back steps of the house, with a weapon nearby. They found a woman inside a bedroom of the home.

"`She was in bed, and she was covered up,` Suttles said. `I believe she was shot in the bed.`

"The man and woman were both in their 70s, but Suttles did not release their names.

"The investigation is continuing."

Source: CITIZEN-TIMES.com...