Sunday, January 16, 2011

Tomball, TX: Tomball investigators: fire was murder-suicide

by Scott Gordon, published January 12, 2011 12:32 pm



The Tomball Police Department and Fire Marshal announced Wednesday that

they believe this weekend's fire in the Spring Creek Estates subdivision was a murder-suicide.


Investigators say they've found a second body in the wreckage of the house

at 29503 Orchard Grove Drive, which belongs to husband and wife Darren and

Shirley Hockenberry. Both are still unaccounted for. Neither set of remains

found in the home as been identified.


After surveying the evidence and finding the first body Tuesday morning,

investigators already were treating the fire as an arson. They have

confirmed that initial suspicion.


"While autopsy results are still pending, it is apparent that the deaths and

fire were a result of a murder-suicide," the City of Tomball said in a

press release.

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