Calgary police looking at murder-suicide as potential cause of southwest deaths
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Calgary police have released the names of a man and woman found dead in the community of Erlton last week, and say they are examining the possibility the deaths were a murder-suicide.
Calgary police have released the names of a man and woman found dead in the community of Erlton last week, and say they are examining the possibility the deaths were a murder-suicide.
Police were called to a home in the 0-100 block of 34 Avenue S.W. around 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, to check on the welfare of a woman whose friends said they hadn't heard from her for several days.
Officers found the woman and a man dead in the home.
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