A husband and wife who police said were having marital problems were found fatally shot inside their burning home late Thursday as the apparent result of a murder-suicide.
The bodies of the couple, identified as Walter M. Hester Jr., 50, and his wife, Clara M. Morgan-Hester, 46, were discovered on different floors of their two-story house after firefighters responded to a fire inside at 11:30 p.m., police said.
Investigators said evidence suggests Hester shot his wife and set several fires in the residence before turning the handgun on himself. Family members told police that one of the two had discussed leaving the other, and police said they believe that prompted the events leading to the shootings and fire.
Police said they could find no documented history of domestic violence at the family’s home, which is in the 2000 block of Castle Glen Court, just off Providence Road West and a short distance north of Rockwood Park.
Chesterfield police Lt. Randy Horowitz said the weapon used was a handgun that police believe was Hester’s. The couple had a teenage son who was not home at the time of the shootings and is now staying with relatives, Horowitz said.
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