Family Members Find Bodies Of Couple

"EDWARDSVILLE, IL — The couple found dead in their high-end Edwardsville home died in an apparent murder-suicide, officials said Tuesday.

"Family members became worried and went to 116 Fox Hill Court on Monday when no one was answering phone calls.

"Inside, the family members found the bodies of Khalil Mikhayel, 53, and his wife, Marwa Heneidi, 48.

"The Madison County Coroner's office determined that Heneidi died of blunt trauma to the head and stabbing, while Mikhayel died of cutting wounds that appeared to be self-inflicted.

"`It appears the husband inflicted the wounds upon the wife and took his own life,` said Capt. Brad Wells with the Madison County Sheriff's Department.

"Mikhayel and Heneidi had been married for 14 years, according to the coroner's office. They were the only people who lived in the house, Wells said."

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