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EDMOND, Okla. - Edmond authorities investigating what appears to be a Valentine’s Day murder-suicide.
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Police responded to a house on Filly Lane in Edmond, near 2nd Street and Midwest Boulevard.
They were called to check the welfare after family members became concerned.
Authorities say they believe that a man shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. Police say the victim's are Dr. Doug and Linda Sowell. Sowell was a podiatrist at Deacones Hospital.
Edmond investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shootings.
EDMOND -- A concerned friend led police to the apparent murder-suicide of a doctor and his wife in east Edmond on Monday.
Edmond police are investigating the deaths of Oklahoma City podiatrist Dr. Robert Douglas Sowell, 55, and his wife Linda, 54, at their home, 16 N Filly Lane.
Police think Robert Sowell used a .32-caliber revolver to kill his wife before turning the gun on himself, Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said. Tests done on the pair show they died Sunday, she said.
Police were called to the home early Monday by a friend of Linda Sowell who feeds their horses, Chu said. The friend whom police declined to identify said he became worried about Sowell when he saw her car had been left in the driveway overnight, which was never done, and wanted police to make a welfare check, she said.
When police arrived about 8:45 a.m., the friend let them into the house. In the kitchen were the Sowells, both dead of gunshot wounds, Chu said.
Police have not found a motive for the killings, she said.
"We may never know why this happened," Chu said.
The Sowells were married more than 30 years and have a 25-year-old daughter, Jennifer Sowell, who was notified of her parents' death in Portland, Ore., she said.
Robert Sowell graduated from John Marshall High School in 1967 and attended both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma, then Central State University, before going to the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine. He got his license to practice podiatry in the state in 1978, according to the Oklahoma State Medical Board documents.
I am a former patient of Dr. Sowell and the only thing "unusual" about him, by patient standards, was the fact that he was so approachable and easy-going. He had a certain quiet charisma about him. And he did excellent work.
I am still distressed about the circumstances surrounding he and his wife's death and my heart goes out to their daughter, Jennjifer.
Does anyone know any more than what was originally reported on the news and in the paper? I'm anxious for a little closure. Trust me - I don't want to be nosy - I'm just very concerned.
In the meantime, my prayers go out to Jennifer and the rest of the family.
Valantines Day Murder/Suicide
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