Monroe County investigators seek answers in homicide case
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Investigators in Monroe County are looking for answers in a case that left a family shattered.
Deputies were called Sunday around 12:30 p.m. to a house in the Wren Community.
Sheriff Kevin Crook said deputies went to Central Grove Road where they found a man injured from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital.
Inside the home, they found the body of 87-year-old Geraldine Demathieu. She died from a gunshot wound.
Investigators planned to schedule a mental evaluation for the male suspect who sources said was her husband.
They had not released his name.
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