Police Suspect Murder/Suicide In Death Of Elderly Couple

"LEMOORE, CA — Police now believe a double homicide reported the day after Christmas was a murder suicide involving a husband and wife, authorities said this afternoon.

"Officials are not releasing the names of the 88-year-old man and his wife, believed to be 85, who were found shot to death early Monday in their home on North Cambridge Drive.

"A family member alerted officers to the crime, when the wife called and said her husband had a gun and was planning to kill her with it. The family member hung up and called police, who arrived to find both parties dead.

"After examining evidence at the scene and speaking with neighbors, detectives ruled the crime a murder suicide.

"The case remains under investigation."

From HanfordSentinel.com...