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MURDER-SUICIDE: Elderly Man Shoots Wife, Then Himself In Upper Saucon, Coroner Confirms MURDER-SUICIDE: Elderly Man Shoots Wife, Then Himself In Upper Saucon, Coroner Confirms
Helen Knieriem Roy Knieriem Murder Suicide Upper Saucon A 76-year-old man shot his wife then turned the gun on himself Thursday morning, April 11 in a Lehigh County home, authorities confirmed. Helen Teresa Knieriem appears to have died from a single gunshot wound and Roy T. Knieriem appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to prosecutors and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Gunfire rang out at the couple's home on Taylor Drive just after 10:15 a.m., County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. No one else was present in the home, no witnesses are known to police, and no one else was injured, authorities said.

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by Mac Bullock