Brentwood Dentist, Wife Found Dead, Hooked To IVs At HomePOSTED: 12:05 am EST January 16,
2008 BRENTWOOD, Pa. -- John and Martha Hucko were found dead in their Colonial Park Drive home on Tuesday night. Police said the couple had intravenous lines with a barbiturate hooked to their ankles, and Demerol was found near the bodies.Police said the couple's daughter called them after receiving a suicide note from her father.The case is being treated as murder-suicide or double-suicide, pending the results of autopsies and toxicology tests, police said.Toxicology will help determine if the drugs led to the Huckos' deaths. Police said test results could be released anytime in the next two to 14 weeks.John Hucko was a dentist and a former anesthesiologist. He had a dental office on Brownsville Road, and his wife worked there as an assistant.Residents of the community were stunned by the deaths and said the Huckos had been good neighbors.Sources close to the investigation told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that the couple had severe financial troubles. Team 4 investigators uncovered a debt of $400,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and a 2003 bankruptcy.The police are still waiting for autopsy results to determine if this was a murder suicide or a double suicide. Related Links: More Allegheny County NewsGet RSS Headlines | Free Desktop Alert Copyright 2008 by ThePittsburghChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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