Deaths of 80-year-olds in Abbotsford were a murder-suicide, police say

Homicide investigators believe the deaths of two 80-year-olds in Abbotsford, B.C., on Monday were a murder-suicide.

Abbotsford police were called to a dispute at a home in the 36000 block of McKee Road shortly before 8 p.m., and arrived to find the two seniors dead.

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the file, and said Wednesday that the evidence points to a “murder-suicide involving intimate partner violence.”

Police aren’t looking for any suspects, and say there is no ongoing risk to the public.

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