Elderly Couple Found Dead In Retirement Community

"STROUDSBURG, PA — Stroud Area Regional Police are investigating a probable murder-suicide after an elderly couple was found with gunshot wounds in Stroudsburg.

"Police discovered the victims Saturday morning at 36 Village Drive in the LaBar Village development.

"A 911 call was received at 7:22 a.m. from the caretaker of Richard and Barbara Robinson reporting that Barbara Robinson, 83, was discovered in her bed with an apparent gunshot wound.

"When police arrived, they found Barbara Robinson dead. Her husband, Richard, 76, was also in the bed with a gunshot wound.

"Richard Robinson was taken to Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg and shortly thereafter flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where he died Sunday evening without regaining consciousness.

"A firearm was located on the bed where the couple was discovered. Their deaths are being investigated as a probable murder-suicide, and police said their is no threat to public safety.

"An autopsy on Barbara Robinson is scheduled for Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital."

Source: Pocono Record...