Authorities say eastern Iowa man killed his wife, then himself on New Year s Day
Couple found dead in Benton County home.
Posted: Jan 5, 2021 9:27 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
URBANA, Iowa – A pair of eastern Iowa deaths on New Year’s Day have been ruled a murder-suicide.
The Urbana Police Department says it got a 911 call on January 1 from Garry Jensen, 59, stating he had shot and killed his wife. Law enforcement went to the Jensen’s home in the 300 block of East Main Street in Urbana and found Margaret Jensen, 54, shot to death and Garry Jensen dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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An Urbana man shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself on New Year’s Day, state authorities said.
On January 1, the Urbana Police Department received a 911 call from 59-year-old Garry Jensen who said he had shot and killed his wife Margaret Jensen, who was 54, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
When law enforcement arrived at their home at 300 E. Main Street in Urbana, they found Margaret deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, and Garry also deceased, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Autopsies on the couple by the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner confirmed Margaret’s cause of death was a gunshot wound and manner of death was homicide. Garry’s death was ruled a suicide.
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Authorities investigating a New Year’s Day double-shooting in Urbana have ruled the deaths a murder-suicide.
According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Urbana police received a 911 call from 59-year-old Garry Jensen stating that he had shot and killed his wife.
Officers who responded to the home at 300 Main Street Friday found the body of 54-year-old Margaret Jensen. They also discovered the body of Garry Jensen. Both died of apparent gunshot wounds.
The DCI said autopsies conducted by the State Medical Examiner confirmed that the cause of Margaret Jensen’s death was homicide. Garry Jensen’s death was ruled a suicide.