Saturday, August 16, 2008

Cops Suspect Murder-Suicide In Case Of Homeowners In Foreclosure

In Romeoville, Illinois, The Herald News reports:
  • Police are investigating the possible murder-suicide of a wife and husband found dead in their home Wednesday night. [...] Police were called to the house -- which was in foreclosure and had been sold at auction -- shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday by the couple's son, who said he had been trying to contact his parents for the past couple of days. [...] A judgment for foreclosure on the [...] home was entered Feb. 11, 2008, according to court records. It has been sold at auction, with a court date of Aug. 20 to confirm the sale, according to the Will County Circuit Clerk's office.

For more, see Police: Deaths may be murder-suicide (A Married Couple Were Found Dead In Their Romeoville Home Wednesday Night, Victims Of Gunshot Wounds).

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