Cause of Deaths Released in Pocomoke City Double Murder-Suicide
- By Marlon Wallace
- Updated
Maryland State Police have released new information about the cause of death in the murder suicide on Groton Road. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner said 78 year-old Marvin Wilmer Purnell was shot twice in the face. Karen Purnell, 53 was shot once in the back of the head and stabbed multiple times. Their deaths were ruled a homicide.
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Maryland State Police have released new information about the cause of deaths of three people in the recent double murder-suicide on Groton Road in Pocomoke City.
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