BUTLER MURDER SUICIDE 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A MURDER SUICIDE. 
BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A WELFARE CHECK ON TWO ELDERLY LIBERTY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER REPORTED NOT HEARING FROM THEM IN DAYS. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES WERE MET BY THE SON-IN-LAW OF THE RESIDENTS, WHO PROVIDED THE GARAGE DOOR CODE WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO GAIN ENTRY. ONCE INSIDE, DEPUTIES FOUND A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. BOTH WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. DEPUTIES ALSO FOUND A DECEASED DOG ON THE PREMISES. THE CASE IN UNDER INVESTIGATION.