Missing Couple Found Dead At Home

"SLIDELL, LA — A man killed the Slidell city prosecutor's secretary and then himself inside the eastern St. Tammany Parish home they shared, authorities discovered Wednesday. Carol Nilsson, 63, died from a bullet wound to the head, and the man she lived with on the 200 block of South Military Road near Slidell fatally shot himself in the mouth, according to Melanie Comeaux, the parish coroner's office executive director.

"Comeaux could not immediately release that man's name Thursday because the coroner's staff was still working to conclusively identify him, but he had lived with Nilsson for many years, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. George Bonnett.

"Deputies were led to the couple's corpses after Nilsson failed to show up to a memorial service for her brother.

"Relatives and friends on Wednesday afternoon went to a local church to honor Ronald G. `Ron` Apro, an Army veteran of the Korean War who died Sept. 2. Nilsson, however, did not attend the service, so a family member asked the Sheriff's Office to check on the couple, who had not been seen or heard from since Tuesday morning.

"Responding deputies found Nilsson and the man lying near a handgun about 9 p.m., Bonnett said. The Sheriff's Office did not discuss what may have provoked the violence."

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