Kan. park deaths called double suicide
Published on -3/8/2013, 7:10 AM
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SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) -- Investigators say two women found shot to death in a northeast Kansas park took their own lives.
The bodies of the women, who appeared to be in their 50s, were discovered Wednesday by a visitor to Mill Creek Streamway Park in Shawnee. Both had been shot in the head, and a gun was found nearby along the Gary Haller Trail.
Johnson County Sheriff's Master Deputy Rick Howell said Thursday afternoon investigators have concluded the case was a double suicide.
The sheriff's office was waiting on positive identification of the women. Their relationship was still unknown.
Authorities had said Wednesday evening that they were not looking for a third-party shooter. A vehicle connected to the women had been parked at the trailhead, about 150 feet from where the bodies were found.
