Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Troy, MO: Man Kills Girlfriend, Then Self Inside Troy, MO Home

TROY, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is investigating a murder suicide. The bodies of an estranged couple were found Monday morning in a home in Troy, Missouri. Investigators say the young couple was involved in an on again off again relationship that ended tragically. Lisa Daugherty was shocked to learn her neighbor shot and killed his girlfriend then killed himself. The incident occurred just two doors away from her Troy, Missouri home.

Daugherty says, "Everybody around here is so friendly and even the people that lived in that house, I didn't personally know them, but they always waved seemed friendly and nice."

Family and friends searched for the girlfriend Sunday night after she didn't come home. They found her Chevy Cavalier parked in the driveway of her boyfriend's house in the 200 block of Autumn Oaks Drive, then looked through the window in the front door and made a gruesome discovery.

At this point, investigators don't know what lead up to the shooting, but say the young couple was involved in a heated relationship.

"We were advised by family members that the relationship had been some what tumultuous... on again off again. However specific to that evening and what happened we're not able to disclose just yet," says Det. Shayne Duryea with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.

News of the horrible crime spread through Ashley Estates Subdivision quickly leaving residents, like Daugherty, deeply saddened and puzzled.

Daugherty says, "Crime doesn't always happen in bad areas. It happens a lot of times in nice areas too. And who knows what the reason is behind this was and who knows if we'll ever know."

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