Suicide Victim Linked to Killings at His Home
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities believe a motorist who killed himself after a short pursuit on a Colorado highway was Tyler Pirtle, a 16-year-old they had been searching for since a house-sitter and a social worker were found shot to death at Pirtle’s Johnston, Iowa, home.
Mesa County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Wendy Likes said everything pointed to Pirtle as their killer.
Sarah Dahlke, 21, of Marshalltown and Greg Gaul, 41, of Des Moines were found shot to death.
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