NEWFANE-Vermont State Police said autopsies have revealed the deaths of two people whose bodies were found on Oct. 25 at a home in Newfane were caused by gunshot wounds, and that one died of homicide and the other suicide.
The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington identified the two people as Blake Prescott, 91, and Helen Prescott, 88, a married couple, according to a press release late Monday afternoon from the state police.
Their bodies were found at their South Wardsboro Road residence on Oct. 25.
Police said the medical examiner determined Helen Prescott's cause of death was gunshot wounds to the torso. Her manner of death was ruled a homicide, the release added.
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