Man Suspected of Killing Wife, Self
A 65-year-old man depressed over persistent health problems is suspected of fatally stabbing his wife before turning the knife on himself, police said Thursday.
The bodies of Alfred and Antonia Cole, 74, were found inside their home late Wednesday after their worried daughter asked police to check on them because they had not returned a phone call.
Investigators were unable to confirm “who stabbed whom first,” and are waiting for autopsy reports, Brea Police Sgt. Tom Flenniken said. Preliminary evidence indicates that Alfred Cole probably initiated the murder-suicide, police said.
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