Elderly Couple Dead In Murder-Suicide
Center Township Neighbor Says Woman Was Sick, Man Cared For Her
POSTED: 2:28 pm EST March 12, 2010
UPDATED: 10:09 pm EST March 12, 2010
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CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The deaths of an elderly man and woman inside a home in Center Township, Beaver County, have been ruled a murder-suicide.
A gun was in the man's hand when a nurse visited the house on Chapel Road and found his body Friday morning in a front room, police said.
"We discovered the male was deceased with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head," Center Township Police Chief Barry Kramer said. "We went down the hall to the bedroom in the rear of the home and found his wife also deceased in bed with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head."Beaver County Coroner Teri Tatalovich-Rossi identified the victims as Harold and Eileen Carl, both 82 years old.Tatalovich-Rossi said both died from gunshot wounds to the head.Tatalovich-Rossi has ruled Eileen Carl's death a homicide, while Harold Carl's is being considered a suicide.One neighbor told Channel 4 Action News reporter Ashlie Hardway that the victims were a nice couple and that the woman was sick and the man took care of her.
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"We discovered the male was deceased with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head," Center Township Police Chief Barry Kramer said. "We went down the hall to the bedroom in the rear of the home and found his wife also deceased in bed with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head."Beaver County Coroner Teri Tatalovich-Rossi identified the victims as Harold and Eileen Carl, both 82 years old.Tatalovich-Rossi said both died from gunshot wounds to the head.Tatalovich-Rossi has ruled Eileen Carl's death a homicide, while Harold Carl's is being considered a suicide.One neighbor told Channel 4 Action News reporter Ashlie Hardway that the victims were a nice couple and that the woman was sick and the man took care of her.
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