Letter Detailed Murder/Suicide Plans

"TAMARAC, FL — A welfare check in Tamarac turned tragic Monday as Broward Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of an elderly couple, their deaths the result of an apparent murder suicide.

"According to neighbors the couple, who lived in the 7000 block of NW 106th Avenue, were in declining health.

"The sheriff's office said the husband recently sent a letter to a relative in New Jersey telling him that he planned to kill his wife and then himself. The letter threatened that by the time the relative received it in the mail, it would be too late to stop the plan. It was this relative who contacted the sheriff's office to have them check on the couple.

"Broward Sheriff's Office detectives say it appears that the husband shot his wife and then himself sometime after Friday evening. He apparently planned the murder-suicide for some time before executing his plan, mailing the letter to the relative late last week.

"The BSO has not released the names of the couple pending notification of next of kin."

From CBS4.com...