Deputies identify 2 dead in murder-suicide

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Deputies have released the names of the two people who were found dead Monday in Gaines Township. Investigators say it was a murder-suicide.

They were identified as Troy Balcer, 52, and Elizabeth Weber, 43, both of Gaines Township. The two were boyfriend and girlfriend, according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office.

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An autopsy showed that Weber had multiple gunshot wounds and died of her injuries, according to deputies. They say Balcer had a single gunshot wound.

“Investigation revealed Balcer fatally shot Weber before taking his own life,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a release…

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