Visitor Finds Bodies In Home

"DARBY, MT — Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman has released the names of the two people who died in an apparent domestic violence-related murder/suicide near Lake Como north of Darby late Sunday or early Monday morning.

"Hoffman identified the female victim as 50-year-old Holly N. Schick-Lewis.

"The woman had been shot multiple times, he said.

"The suspect was identified as 53-year-old South Valley resident Michael Charles Buckles. Hoffman said that Buckles died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot, and that his death appeared to have happened very shortly after Schick-Lewis was killed.

"Hoffman said that Schick-Lewis’ body was discovered by a visitor to the Lake Como Road home early in the afternoon on Monday.

"The visitor left the residence and called 9-1-1.

"Deputies found Schick-Lewis in the kitchen of the home; Buckles was located in an adjacent bedroom."

From ravallirepublic.com...