Crime & Safety
Erie Three Dead Appears To Be Murder-Suicide, Say Police
Police say "it appears" that a man killed his wife and son before killing himself.
Erie Police that the three people who were found dead in a home over the weekend died because of a murder-suicide. They say "it appears" that a man stabbed his wife and four-year-old son before killing himself with a gun.
John Paul Farrar, 48, Elizabeth Farrar, 40, and Ian, four, were found late Saturday after police received a tip that they should investigate a problem at the home on Gordon Court.
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The Boulder County Coroner will make the final determinations about cause of death.
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