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CBS News
2 days ago
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- CBS News
Ohio man kills wife before graduation party in murder-suicide, authorities say
A husband fatally shot his wife before killing himself ahead of a graduation party they were set to host in Ohio, officials said. In a post on Facebook, the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office said law enforcement was called to a home in Dover Township on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. The sheriff's office said a 911 caller said she was at the home preparing for a graduation party when the shots were fired. The party was for a child who lived at the home but was not in the house when the shooting happened because the party was set to happen hundreds of yards away from the home on the couple's property, authorities said. The caller reportedly told 911 that a man in the home shot his wife and then shot himself. When law enforcement arrived, the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office said they found a man dead on his bed and a woman fatally injured on the floor near the bed. The woman was taken to a hospital in Cleveland, where she died. CBS affiliate WTRF identified the victims as 53-year-old April Houston and 64-year-old Robert Houston. They were husband and wife and lived at the home, the TV station reported. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office said preliminary information suggests the deaths were a murder-suicide, but a motive was not immediately known. No other details were released. Dover Township is about 85 miles north of Cleveland and about 100 miles west of Pittsburgh.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
2 dead in suspected murder-suicide before Dover Township graduation party
[Watch in the player above: What happens when you call 911?] DOVER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — A 54-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman are dead after what authorities believe was a murder-suicide at a township home, before a graduation party was set to begin on the property. Tuscarawas County sheriff's deputies were called just after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday to the home in the 2000 block of Gordon Road Northwest, Dover Township, according to a Facebook post from Sheriff Orvis Campbell. 2 dead in 'possible' murder-suicide in Lorain The caller told dispatchers she was preparing for a graduation party for another person living at the home, when she heard gunshots in the home. She said the man, who lives at the home, shot his wife then shot himself. The graduation party was set to begin elsewhere on the property, and the party's honoree was not home at the time of the shooting, the caller said. Deputies found the man dead lying on his bed and the woman on the floor near the bed. Dover firefighters started life-saving measures on the woman. She was eventually transported to a Canton hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. 'While there is still evidence to process and information to gather, preliminary indication suggests that murder-suicide is the most likely cause due to evidence and witness statements at the scene,' reads the post. Intoxicated man allegedly threatens family member with firearm: police The identities of the two people killed will not released until all of their family members have been notified, according to the post. The Tuscarawas County and Stark County coroner's offices are working together to determine the cause and manner of the two deaths, since the man died in Tuscarawas County and the woman died in Stark County, according to the post. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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2 dead in ‘possible' murder-suicide in Lorain
[Watch in the player above: What happens when you call 911?] LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — Lorain police are investigating after two people were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds in a 'possible' murder-suicide. Concerned relatives called officers for a welfare check at the home in the 200 block of West 29th Street just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, according to a Sunday news release. Willowick Police investigating after teen was shot in the chest: I-Team Officers were given a key and went inside to find 63-year-old Anthony Coonrod and 30-year-old Emily Simmons both dead, according to the release. A preliminary investigation suggests their deaths may have been a murder-suicide, according to the release. Officers are not seeking any other suspects at this time. Intoxicated man allegedly threatens family member with firearm: police The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information related to the case is urged to call police Detective Matt Hartman at 440-204-2105. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Emily Grace fundraiser in Statesboro
STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) — The Bulloch County community is still shaken by the loss of a 9-year-old girl killed by her father in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night. Brooklet community shaken after father and daughter found dead Saturday, that community rallied for the child's family. A local business donated profits from their end-of-school bash. Twenty percent of the purchases went to Emily's family. On Thursday, Texas Roadhouse plans to do a similar fundraiser. Taylor Bunch, the owner of Taylor's Sunset Tanning says she's close with the family and wanted to do something to help ease their pain. 'This community is tight knit. We all help each other out. There's a bunch of small businesses here, too, and we like to give to the schools and we do sponsorships all the time. And I feel like this community just gives back a lot.' At Saturday's fundraiser they also made bracelets ahead of Emily's candlelight vigil. That's happening Sunday in Brooklet. they tell WSAV that making bracelets was one of Emily's favorite things to do. They'll pass them out during the memoriam. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Horror as girl, nine, and her father found dead outside park in Georgia
A nine-year-old girl and her father were found dead inside a parked car at a Georgia park and investigators are looking into whether the father pulled the trigger. Emily Grace Mayo and her father, James Lee Mayo, 37, were found by police in a parked car at Brooklet City Park after reports of an 'unresponsive child locked in a vehicle,' according to the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation. Officers with the Brooklet Police Department responded to the scene at around 7am on Tuesday where they discovered 'a child dead in the backseat with an apparent gunshot wound'. Police then found James, with officials saying that 'a man was found dead in the front seat from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found on his lap'. An investigation into the deaths is now underway and autopsies are being performed on the bodies, according to the release. Authorities would not say if the same gun or bullets were used to kill both the father and his daughter. Preliminary evidence points to a murder-suicide, according to reports. No motive has been released. 'I keep thinking this is not real. This is not real life. This does not happen to people we know, especially not my own family. Not my Emily,' the girl's aunt, Amber Healy, wrote on Facebook. The statement added: 'Emily was nine and so full of life. To know her was to love her. She always had a smile , a hug, a laugh. If she met you, she loved you. It was instant. That all encompassing love.' Healy has since organized a GoFundMe aimed at raising money for her burial and funeral services. She also asked that people 'keep us all in your prayers as we navigate through this nightmare we cannot wake up from,' saying that Emily's mom is devastated to have to bury her little girl. 'No parent should have to make these decisions,' Healy wrote. The GoFundMe has raised over $30,000 as of Saturday evening.
