Apparent murder-suicide under investigation in Lowell; Husband, wife in their 70s found dead, DA says
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Authorities are investigating what they described as an apparent murder-suicide after a married couple in their 70s was found dead in their Lowell home Thursday afternoon.
Police responded around 5 p.m. to a 911 call about a death at a home on Featherston Avenue, according to a statement from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Lowell Police Superintendent Kelly Richardson.
According to the statement, when officers arrived, they found a 76-year-old man shot dead and a 79-year-old woman with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Husband and Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Lowell, Authorities Say A 79-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man were found dead in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office believes the woman s gunshot wound was self-inflicted
Published February 11, 2021
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The deaths of a 76-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman in Lowell, Massachusetts, are being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide.
Police responded around 5 p.m. Thursday to a home on Featherston Avenue, where two people, a husband and wife, were found dead from gunshot wounds, the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office said.
The woman s wound was believed to be self-inflicted, according to authorities.