Authorities Investigating Apparent Murder-Suicide Near Fenton

(Jefferson County) Authorities in Jefferson County are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred in the early morning hours on Saturday.

Sheriff’s office spokesman Grant Bissell says deputies were dispatched around 4:45am to a home in the 400 block of Caleb Place near Fenton.

Upon further investigation the deceased were identified as 82-year-old Carol Tinsley and her husband, 82-year-old Timothy Tinsley.

The investigation is still ongoing and the official cause of death is still pending from the medical examiners office.

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