{"id":275860,"date":"2010-02-04T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=15852"},"modified":"2010-02-04T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T14:45:21","slug":"deaths-of-elderly-couple-a-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/275860","title":{"rendered":"Deaths of elderly couple a murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"BRADLEY, Ill.\u00a0 — The deaths of an elderly couple found dead in their far south suburban home Sunday have been confirmed to be a murder-suicide.<\/p>\n

At 10:21 a.m. Sunday, police in Bradley, which is about halfway between Bourbonnais and Kankakee, were dispatched to 644 Juniper Lane for a well-being check of an elderly resident, police said.<\/p>\n

Police made contact with both elderly occupants of the home and spoke with them concerning any medical issues or if they needed assistance. <\/span><\/p>\n

A Bradley Fire Department ambulance was dispatched to the scene, because one of the residents complained of back pain.<\/p>\n

Both residents of the home — Bobbie B. Karr, 86, and his wife Dorothy J. Karr, 84, were in the living room, one on the couch and the other in a chair, according to police.<\/p>\n

The police officer on scene met with ambulance personnel outside the home to advise them of the situation, when the officer heard shots from inside the home.<\/p>\n

Upon entering the home, the officer discovered that the person on the couch had been shot and the other resident was found lying in the bathroom, and had a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Karr had been murdered and Bobbie Karr committed suicide, Bradley Police Chief Steven Coy said. Autopsies Wednesday confirmed this.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Karr’s death was from a gunshot to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide, and Bobbie Karr’s death was also from a gunshot to the head and his death was ruled a suicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.<\/p>\n

A handgun was recovered at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n

Both Bobbie and Dorothy Karr had suffered numerous health problems and a note was found on the scene, but it wasn\u2019t a suicide note, Coy said.<\/p>\n

The two were taken to local hospitals, then flown to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where Bobbie Karr was pronounced dead at 5:32 p.m. Monday and Dorothy Karr was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office.<\/p>\n

The two had been married 64 years, Coy said.<\/p>\n

Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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