Two dead in murder-suicide
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 6 months AGO
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | March 22, 2022 1:00 AM
COEUR d’ALENE — Two people died over the weekend in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded late Sunday night to the residence of Heather M. MacDonald, 45, and Kevin S. MacDonald, 48.
Family members had requested a welfare check around 10 p.m., saying they’d been unable to contact the couple.
As they checked the exterior of the residence, deputies reportedly saw a man and woman who appeared to be unconscious in the living room.
Police entered the home and found the pair dead.
KCSO said an initial investigation indicated they died in a murder-suicide.
The investigation is ongoing.
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