DOUBLE HOMICIDE
AUTHORITES ARE QUESTIONING ONE PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH A POSSIBLE DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN RURAL LACLEDE COUNTY. THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN THE 30 THOUSAND BLOCK OF MARIGOLD DRIVE NEAR BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK MONDAY EVENING AROUND 6:00PM. CAPTAIN MARK GREGORY OF THE LACLEDE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SAYS A FIRE HAD BEEN SET INSIDE THE HOUSE IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO DESTROY EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME. THE COUPLES VEHICLE WAS MISSING AND FOUND IN DALLAS COUNTY NEAR CONWAY, IT HAD ALSO BEEN SET ON FIRE. THE LACLEDE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS BEING ASSISTED BY THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL IN THE CASE. AUTOPSIES ON THE COUPLE ARE SCHEDULED IN SPRINGFIELD. THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
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