SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — On the afternoon of July 7, Southfield Police were dispatched to a home in the 21000 block of Avon Lane in Southfield for a reported death.
Once on the scene, police say, based on initial assessments, investigators believed the deceased, a 63-year-old female resident of Southfield, had died from natural causes.
The following day, Southfield police detectives were notified by the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office about the presence of bullet fragments in the skull of the deceased during t examination.
Detectives were advised later that same day that the husband of the deceased, a 65-year-old male resident of Southfield, was found deceased in Detroit from an apparent gunshot wound, possibly self-inflicted.
Police have since confirmed both incidents are connected.
The man's decomposed body was found inside a vehicle in a parking structure at the Detroit Medical Center.
Police say, a parking structure ticket was found inside the vehicle that confirms he entered the structure on July 4.
His body was found on July 8.
Detroit Police confirm the man's death was a suicide.
The investigation remains ongoing.
