Elderly Windsor man kills wife, turns gun on himself

WINDSOR, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 87-year-old man shot and
killed his 86-year-old wife in their Windsor home, then turned the
gun on himself.

Family members say Frank Cowan has just recovered from pneumonia
and may have been worried if he died no one would be able to take
care of his wife, Dorothy, who had Alzheimer’s disease.

Bertie County deputies say one of the couple’s children found
them dead Thursday morning.

Relatives say the couple met in the eighth grade and had been
married for almost 67 years.