AMHERST MURDER SUICIDE

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, THE VICTIMS IN A LORAIN COUNTY HOUSE FIRE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE IS MORE TO THEIR DEATHS THAN JUST FIRE.
THE MOTHER AND CHILD FOUND DEAD IN LORAIN COUNTY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THEY ARE 46-YEAR-OLD RISA LUKES AND HER NINE YEAR OLD SON ALEX LUKES. BOTH WERE DISCOVERED AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN AMHERST TOWNSHIP. THE LORAIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AS A POSSIBLE MURDER – SUICIDE, BELIEVING THE WOMAN SHOT HER SON, SET THE FIRE AND THEN TOOK HER OWN LIFE. OFFICIALS ALSO TELL US THE MOTHER HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVED EMERGENCY CUSTODY PAPERS FILED BY THE BOY'S FATHER IN INDIANA.