An Arkansas couple is dead following what authorities believe was an early-morning murder-suicide.
The Baxter County Sheriff's Office says a man telephoned authorities at 12:19 a.m. Saturday after he found his mother and stepfather shot dead in their home.
Deputies who responded found 54-year-old Kenneth Farley lying on his back on the bedroom floor with a pistol by his side. They also located a woman identified as 57-year-old Jane Marie Farley face down on the bedroom floor.
Sheriff John Montgomery says a preliminary investigation indicates Farley shot his wife once in her lower back and again in her chest before shooting himself in the throat.
The victims' bodies were transported to the State Crime Lab in Little Rock to confirm the cause of their deaths. The investigation is ongoing.
