Police probe apparent murder-suicide
10/8/2011BELLEVUE, Ohio — Authorities in Sandusky County are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a couple was found shot to death inside their bathroom.
Investigators believe that Ernest Sears, 75, used a revolver to shoot and kill his wife, Gloria Sears, 46, before turning the gun on himself inside their home at 622 County Road 191, just outside of Bellevue.
The couple, authorities said, were in the process of a divorce.
It’s unclear exactly what time the shootings happened, but authorities said it was sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday. The bodies were found by Mrs. Sears 21-year-old son.