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Deputies Rule Death Of Fairfield County Couple A Murder-Suicide

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published March 10, 2017 at 6:12 AM EST
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Fairfield County Sheriff's deputies say a Bloom Township coupled was found dead inside of their Pickerington Road home on Thursday in a murder-suicide. Deputies say they found the bodies of 78-year-old Richard McNamee and his 80-year-old wife Chrystal while performing a welfare check. Deputies say Richard McNamee shot Chrystal McNamee then took his own life. Deputies say Richard McNamee recently returned home from a local hospital. An investigation continues.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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