Peters Township couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
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State police Lt. Dale Brown discusses a suspected murder-suicide discovered Sunday in Peters Township.
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A Peters Township police cruiser blocks Marlboro Drive where state police are leading the investigation into two bodies that were found inside one of the homes Sunday morning
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117 Marlboro Drive in Peters Township
Two siblings awoke Sept. 23 in their Peters Township home to find their parents dead of what state police suspect to be a murder-suicide.
State police Lt. Dale Brown identified the dead couple as Kelly Ann Bryan, 44, and her husband, Craig Alan Bryan, 48, following a more than 10-hour investigation at the couple’s home at 117 Marlboro Drive.
Brown said the couple died in what appeared to have been a domestic situation.
Kelly Bryan died due to strangulation, and her husband’s death was caused by a self-inflicted wound to the neck, Washington County Coroner Tim Warco ruled.
Investigators were called about 6:30 a.m. for a report of “suspicious deaths” in the home on a dead-end street, he said. Peters Township police responded to the house, but later handed the investigation over to state police.
Brown said the Bryans lived in a quiet neighborhood.
“It’s kind of shocking,” he said.
The couple had a 17-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son, who were being cared for Sunday by relatives, Brown said.
He said Peters police responded to the couple’s home in 2011 for a domestic problem, and again several months ago to take a theft report.
Craig Bryan was briefly in Washington County jail in September 2011 on $10,000 bond, charged by Peters police with simple assault. The charge was later dismissed by then-District Justice James Ellis.
Regional editor Mike Jones contributed to this report.