Crime & Safety
Elderly Copley Couple Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
The couple was found by family members this morning.
An elderly Copley couple was found dead in their bed on Tuesday morning, in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
News Channel 5 reports the couple is 89-year-old Genevive Wellspring and husband, 86-year-old Dayton Wellspring. The Summit County Coroner said both people died of gunshot wounds. They lived on Aberth Drive in Copley Township.
Copley police Chief Michael Mier told Channel 5 the couple left behind a note to the family, and that both victims had health problems.
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