THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARRENTON, Ore. -- Autopsy results show that a couple found dead in a burned house in Warrenton on the Oregon coast died in a murder-suicide.
Clatsop County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ron Brown says 69-year-old Karen DeWilde died from loss of blood from a knife wound to her throat. Brown says she was stabbed by her husband, 73-year-old Joseph DeWilde, who is believed to have set the house on fire and then committed suicide. Joseph DeWilde died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Results of the state medical examiner's office autopsies were released Friday.
The fire was reported early Wednesday morning. Firefighters found the bodies after putting out the blaze.
The Daily Astorian says court records show Karen DeWilde filed for divorce last month.
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