Killer Dad Takes Kid To Daycare Before Shooting Himself

"TRAVELERS REST, SC — A couple found dead on Tuesday afternoon died in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Greenville County coroner.

"Coroner Kent Dill identified the couple as Michele Marie Wetzelberger, 41, and her husband, Dale Patrick Wetzelberger, 47.

"Dill said Michele Wetzelberger was shot twice in the head and once in the arm and died in the couple’s Travelers Rest home, likely on Monday evening.

"Dill said Dale Wetzelberger took their 4-year-old son to day care at the Travelers Rest YMCA on Tuesday morning.

"Michele Wetzelberger was supposed to be at the YMCA at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to teach a class, Dill said. Someone was supposed to pick up the 4-year-old at about noon, and when no one showed up, the YMCA called police.

"Travelers Rest Police Capt. John Gardner said that officers went to the home for a welfare check and found the bodies about 1:30 p.m.

"Dill said that he determined Dale Wetzelberger died of a single gunshot wound to the head late Tuesday morning. Dill said the gun used was a medium caliber handgun.

"Gardner said the child is now in the custody of the Department of Social Services."

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