Bodies Found In Burned-Out House

"ALEDO, IL — The two people found dead after an Aledo fire and explosion last Thursday may have died in a murder-suicide, a Mercer County official said Tuesday.

"`We’re really looking at murder-suicide now,` Mercer County Coroner Ron McNall said about the deaths of Patti Jo Lindquist and Timothy Gerald Meade.

"McNall had earlier confirmed that the two were killed by gunfire.

"Lindquist and Meade were in a two-story house at 1275 200th St., along a gravel country road off Illinois 94 north of Aledo, after officers were called at 3:28 p.m. to check on the welfare of someone there.

"They found the home engulfed in flames and the bodies of Lindquist, 40, and Meade, 53.

"`They’re investigating as to how it took place and who done what, but they were both shot,` McNall said `The fire did not cause their death.`

"The coroner declined to tell the location of their gunshot wounds or where their bodies were found in the rubble after the fire was extinguished.

"Lindquist had filed an order of protection against Meade, and they were living together in the house.

"According to the order of protection filed last week in Mercer County, Lindquist claimed Meade was going to “knock her out” and he was “also going to make her watch him kill himself.”

"Those accusations from a June 30 incident were detailed in a July 2 order filed by Lindquist.

"The order also indicated the two had a dating relationship and shared the rural Aledo home. In addition, the order indicated Meade possessed shotguns, rifles and semi-automatic weapons."

From qctimes.com...