Originally published November 7, 2009 at 12:11 PM | Page modified November 8, 2009 at 1:17 AM
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Older couple found dead in Spokane Valley home
A Spokane Valley couple in their 70s have been found dead in their home of apparent gunshot wounds and a Spokane County sheriff's spokesman says authorities think it is likely a murder-suicide.
SPOKANE — A Spokane Valley couple in their 70s have been found dead in their home of apparent gunshot wounds and a Spokane County sheriff's spokesman says authorities think it is likely a murder-suicide.
Sgt. Dave Reagan says the couple's daughter called 911 on Friday afternoon after finding her mother dead in bed and her 71-year-old father dead in a chair with a pistol in his lap.
Reagan says the older woman was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and had recently been released from a hospital into hospice care at home. The spokesman says the man had been providing round-the-clock care for his wife.
No note was found but Reagan says the man had set out the couple's financial records.
The man and woman were not immediately identified.
