Monday, April 9, 2012

South Point, OH: UPDATE: Lawrence County Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide, Names Released

LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO (WSAZ) – The Lawrence County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the husband and wife killed in a murder-suicide Sunday night.

The shooting happened at a house in the 4300 block of County Road 15 in South Point about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Sheriff Jeff Lawless says 84-year-old Dalton Holley shot and killed his wife Lola, 76, and then turned the gun on himself.

Lawless says an adult daughter who lived at the house said her parents had been arguing throughout the day. The daughter said she left the house to run some errands and when she returned, she found her parents dead in a bedroom.

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