Elderly Couple Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Crete Hospital

After making sure his grandson had left the hospital, he then locked his son on the balcony and proceeded with the action he had decided to take.

By Redacción Es Noticia redacción@esnoticiapr.com Five people, including two women, a 19-year-old man and an 80-year-old man, took their lives this week. The number of suicides that occurred this year reaches 65 people, three more than last year by the same date, according to police statistics. There is free and confidential help - 24 hours /7 days - for anyone who needs it: PAS line 1-800-981-0023 The most recent of the suicides - reported by t…

The 87-year-old man who killed his wife and committed suicide in Crete also left a note.

Elderly couple dead in apparent murder-suicide at Crete hospital

An 87-year-old man fatally shot his 85-year-old wife, a hospitalized cancer patient, before turning the gun on himself at Crete’s Rethymno General Hospital on Saturday morning.

The 87-year-old man who shot himself shortly after shooting and instantly killing his wife, who was hospitalized in Rethymno hospital, succumbed to serious health problems. As reported by Cretalive, after… Rethymno: The 87-year-old who killed his wife in the hospital is also dead – The chronicle of the tragedy - NAFTEMBORIKI

His 85-year-old wife was killed on Saturday morning (31/5) inside the Rethymno hospital by an 87-year-old man, who then attempted suicide. The perpetrator was in his wife's room, who had undergone surgery. According to rethnea, while relatives were on the balcony during the visit, he closed the door, shot her and then shot himself. The woman's death was instantaneous, while the 87-year-old is hospitalized intubated in critical condition in the…