HERRIN (AP) – The deaths of a man and his young son in southern Illinois have been ruled a murder-suicide by authorities.
Firefighters discovered their bodies early Christmas Day while putting out a blaze that gutted much of a house in the Williamson County city of Herrin.
The Williamson County coroner identified those who died as 46-year-old Richard S. Lowe and his son, 12-year-old Gavin Lowe.
The coroner says investigators believe Richard Lowe fatally shot his son, then shot himself after setting the house on fire.
