Deputies look for clues after two bodies found in rural Mississippi county

Published 8:55 pm Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Two bodies have been found in different locations in Mississippi’s Holmes County.

Sheriff Willie March says deputies are investigating the discoveries Wednesday as a possible murder-suicide.

WAPT-TV reports March says a woman was found dead at the Durant Motel and a short time later, a man’s body was found in his car parked on a road nearby. Sheriff March says the man shot himself.

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The sheriff says the man and woman had been staying together at the motel for about a month.