Red Deer deaths suspicious, police say
CBC News
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 3:02 PM MT
Last Updated: Sep 12, 2011 6:23 PM MT
The bodies of a man and a woman were found in this Red Deer house. (CBC)
Police say they are treating the deaths of two people in a Red Deer home as suspicious.
RCMP said that around 9:15 a.m. Sunday family members found the bodies of a 93-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man in a home in the Sunnybrook area of Red Deer.
The matter is under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. No further details have been released.
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