Posted: Apr 05, 2010 5:31 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 06, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
Meridian, Idaho -- The Ada County Coroner said the death of a Meridian couple appears to be a murder-suicide.
Robert Emerson, 87, and his wife. Olive, 90, were discovered in their home on Sandlewood Drive Sunday night.
Meridian Police say Emerson and his wife were both in advanced stages of cancer.
Ada County dispatch had received a call from an elderly man saying he shot his wife. Their bodies were found a short time later.
"It's not common, but it's the third one that we've had in the city this year. And that is obviously extremely rare; one, for us to have a homicide in the city of Meridian, let alone to have three murder-suicides," said Meridian Police Deputy Chief, Tracy Basterrechea.
Police are continuing their investigation, although the deaths are being classified as a murder- suicide.
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