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Coroner Identifies 2 Found Dead in Apparent Butte Murder-Suicide

Police say they are not ready to release any further details in the case

By Dillon Tabish

BUTTE — The names of the two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home outside of Butte have been released.

The Montana Standard reports that Coroner Lee Labreche says 70-year-old Larry Farrell and his 48-year-old wife, Michelle “Rae” Farrell, were found dead in the Ramsay home Friday. Both died of gunshot wounds.

Autopsies on the couple will be performed Monday.

Officers had gone to the home on Friday after someone alerted police that she was unable to contact her female friend.

Police say they are not ready to release any further details in the case.

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