BLOOMINGTON – According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Department a Monroe County couple was found dead after a deputy made a welfare check at a home on Woodyard Road, northwest of Bloomington.
An acquaintance called the police concerned that the couple had not been seen in a while and mail was accumulating at the house the couple shared.
When a deputy arrived Sunday at the home he found the bodies of 75-year-old Margaret “Peggy” Houston and her longtime boyfriend 69-year-old Jonathan Lore inside the home. The couple had been dating for nearly 30 years.
Police say Houston was killed by Lore and then Lore committed suicide following her death. Both died from gunshot wounds from a .22 caliber revolver.
According to police, evidence at the scene indicated the two likely died on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.
