Crime & Safety

Elderly Couple Victim of Apparent Murder-Suicide

Gwinnett County police confirm an 85-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man were found dead Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide.

A couple in their 80s were involved in a murder-suicide this morning in Grayson.

According to a press release from the Gwinnett County Police Department, officers responded to a report of a suicide at 2142 Loganville Highway in Grayson at about 7 a.m. Sunday morning. This is the location of the .

The officer located the two deceased persons and reported that the preliminary investigation indicates that their deaths appear to be the result of a murder-suicide. 

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"At this time we are not releasing the names of the deceased pending notification of next of kin," public information officer Cpl. Jennifer Roberts said in a press release.


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