SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation Wednesday after an elderly man and his wife were both found dead in the front yard of a home.
Detectives received a 911 call around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and soon found the couple lying unresponsive in the lawn of a home on Treymore Court in Sarasota.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Anthony Evans, 89, and his wife, Lois Evans, 88, had both suffered a single gunshot wound. A small handgun was also found next to Anthony Evans’ body.
Those factors and a note uncovered during the investigation have led authorities to believe the incident may have been a murder-suicide. Detectives said the note indicated the shooting was “premeditated.”…