Coroner Rules Murder/Suicide

"LEAWOOD, KS — Police said they are investigating after a husband and wife were found dead in a Leawood home.

"Officers were called to a home on 2211 West 104th Street, just east of High Drive about 1:40 p.m. because a young woman said her parents weren't answering when she knocked at their door.

"Officers entered the home where they found a man and woman, both 40 to 50 years of age, dead inside. Police said the two people are husband and wife and the coroner has ruled the deaths a result of a murder-suicide caused by gunshot wounds.

"`There was no forced entry, the deceased were in the same room together, it didn't appear that there was any type of intruder,` Capt. Kevin Cauley with the Leawood Police Department said.

"The people have been identified as Elisabeth Juergens, 48, and Jurgen `Eric` Juergens, 55."

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