CINCINNATI, June 28 (UPI) -- Police in a Cincinnati suburb said they were trying to determine why a man shot his elderly parents in their home before turning the gun on himself.
Hamilton County Coroner O'dell Owens said autopsies and toxicology testing would be performed Sunday on Joseph Haynes, 86; Joan Haynes, 72, and Williams Haynes, 49, but results may not be known for several weeks, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
Forest Park, Ohio, police said they were called Saturday by other family members who had not heard from the elder Haynes for some time. When they arrived at the home, they found the couple's bodies with gunshot wounds, along with that of their son. A handgun was recovered.
The coroner told the newspaper "something was left behind" by the son that "that will need to analyzed,'' but did not elaborate.
"There most often is no sign of struggle in these murder-suicide cases,'' Owens said. "There is no struggle, because it usually happens very quickly. No one expects to be murdered by a loved one."
