SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Police say the discovery of three bodies in a Nicholas County home looks to have been a double-murder suicide.
According to Summersville Police Chief Brad Reed the victims are Douglas and Dawn Morrow and Dawn’s mother Nancy Lindwedel. All three lived at the home in Tara Estates in the city of Summersville.
“Preliminary investigation shows Douglas Morrow shot both his wife and mother-in-law in the front part of the house and then went to his bedroom and put the bullet to his head and shot himself and committed suicide there,” said Reed.
Police quested a fourth resident of the home, the brother of one of the victims. Reed said that individual was at work at the time of the incident and had no idea what would have driven Morrow to such an act. Police say there are no other individuals involved in the incident.
The brother returned home from work and made the grim discovery in the house a little after 5 p.m. on Thursday and called 9-1-1.