SUSPICIOUS DEATH RULED A SUICIDE

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By Miriam Raftery

December 2, 2014 (El Cajon) – Sheriff’s homicide investigators have concluded that a suspicious death was a suicide.  A reported love triangle and missing weapon initially prompted a homicide investigation.

Deputies responded on November 28th to a call of a suicide in the 8000 block of Rockview Drive in unincorporated El Cajon.  Deputies and paramedics arrived and found a man inside the home who was dead of a gunshot wound.

“The weapon that was used was missing,” Lieutenant John Maryon told East County Magazine. “There was also a bloody hand print on the wall.”

The husband of a woman who was involved with the victim was seen taking the rifle from the scene. But witnesses later confirmed that they saw the body before the husband arrived and took the gun.

“He ended up getting into a crash off Highway 67 and Bradley,” Lt. Maryon said, adding that the husband was arrested for driving under the influence.

He is not considered a suspect in the death, which was determined to be a suicide.


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