Couple in Rochester Murder-Suicide ID’D by Medical Examiner
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiners Office has released the names of the Iowa couple who died as a result of a murder-suicide in Rochester last week.
The bodies of 67-year-old Dale and 65-year-old Alberta Nelson were found in a residence in the 500 block of 16th St., Northeast on September 5. The report from the medical examiner’s office indicates Alberta was fatally stabbed by her husband who then turned a knife on himself.
Rochester police officers were sent to the home to conduct a welfare check. Rochester police earlier indicated the couple was from Iowa and had been temporarily living in Rochester.
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