Michael and Judith Cabry were known as a friendly older couple in their Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood.
If there was a hint of trouble in their household, in the 9500 block of Northeast Avenue, it was not widely known.
About 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, a 16-year-old grandson paid a visit and discovered both of them dead from gunshots to the head. Police found a gun at the scene and said it appeared to be a murder-suicide, with Michael Cabry, 74, having shot his wife, 71, and then himself.
"When the detective came to my door, I couldn't believe it," neighbor Miriam Conway, 82, said. "They were just very, very nice people."
Kathleen Conway, 53, her daughter, said she last saw Michael Cabry a few weeks ago, talking to the trash collectors. He had brought bottled water for the workers. "He was just nice like that," she said.
She also recalled how kind Michael Cabry was when her late father, Jack Conway, struggled with Alzheimer's disease. "As my dad started to get sick, Mr. Cabry was very nice to him," she said.
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