Sunday, December 26, 2010

Provo, UT: Utah restaurateur and wife dead in apparent murder-suicide: report

Last Updated: 6:52 PM, December 26, 2010
Posted: 6:51 PM, December 26, 2010

A Utah restaurateur and his wife were killed Christmas night in an apparent murder-suicide, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday.
The bodies of Steven Runolfson, who co-founded the Salt Lake City French restaurant La Caille, and his wife Lisa, were found dead in bed in a hotel room in Provo, Utah around 9:45pm Saturday. Provo police Sgt. Reed Van Wagoner said Steven Runolfson, 56, apparently shot his 57-year-old wife and then shot himself.
"It was an agreement between the two of them," Van Wagoner said. "They had called and left a message with family that they were not coming home and not to have a service for them."
In March 2010, Steven Runolfson and his La Caille partner David Johnson were sued by former partner Mark Haug, who alleged that Runolfson and Johnson had breached a 1993 partnership agreement. Haug won his case and was awarded $4.7 million.

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