Monday, June 27, 2011

Stroudsburg, PA: Police: Elderly Couple Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- Police in the Poconos are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple from over the weekend. They said it appears to have been a murder-suicide.
The Stroud Area Regional Police Department said they are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple in Stroudsburg.
According to a release issued by police, Barbara and Richard Robinson, 83 and 76 respectively, were found shot just before 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.
When police arrived, they found Barbara already dead in her bed. Richard was also found in the bed with a gunshot wound. He was still alive.
Richard was taken to the Pocono Medical Center, then flown to Lehigh Vally Hospital Shock Trauma. He died there on Sunday just before 5:30 p.m.
Police said it appears the deaths were a murder-suicide. They said it appears that Barbara shot Richard, before shooting herself.
They said Richard has been battling dementia and Alzheimer's.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday for Barbara.
The couple lived in the Labar Village Development.

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