The shooting deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found last month inside a Southeast Roanoke house have been ruled a murder-suicide, police said Thursday.
The female murder victim was Sondra Lovell, 78, according to her ex-husband, Ed Lovell, who said he has talked with police.
He said that she lived in the Rosewalk Lane house with her son, John David Dunn III, 42, who suffered from fibromyalgia, a chronic condition characterized by musculoskeletal pain.
Ed Lovell said Thursday he did not know the identity of the male victim.
Police would not release the identity of either victim. The medical examiner's office is working to identify the woman, according to a statement from police spokeswoman Aisha Johnson. The statement did not include information about the male's identity, and Johnson did not immediately respond to questions.
Officers were called to the house to check the well-being of residents on June 17 and discovered the bodies.
An autopsy and the police investigation determined that the male victim shot the woman and then turned the gun on himself, Johnson said in Thursday's statement.
-- Amanda Codispoti
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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