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Deputies investigating possible murder-suicide just east of Willard

Harrison Keegan
HKEEGAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Deputies are investigating a possible murder-suicide at a home just east of Willard, officials say.

According to a release from the Greene County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a home on the 5700 block of West Highway O at about 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday to check on residents who hadn't been heard from for several days.

Upon entering the home, deputies found the bodies of a 36-year-old man and a 43-year-old female, the release says.

Autopsies are scheduled for later in the week to determine cause of death but it is being called a possible murder-suicide.

By 9 p.m., there were half a dozen patrol cars on the scene along with the mobile crime unit.

There were several dogs in the fenced-in front yard of the residence barking while investigators walked around on the property.