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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Deployed soldier learns of In-laws deaths in Oregon

Daughter says elderly Troutdale couple in apparent murder-suicide died in bed, side-by-side
Published: Friday, October 07, 2011

By Sally Ho, The Oregonian

TROUTDALE -- On Friday, the only child of Ed and Frances Lopes called their deaths "an act of desperation."

"It's a statement to society about people who fall through the cracks," Louise Lopes, 51, said.

The lives of her parents, ended Thursday with gunshot wounds to their heads in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide. They would have been married 64 years this month.

Police say that at about 11 a.m. Thursday, Ed Lopes, 87, called Troutdale police to say he had shot his wife, 92-year-old Frances. When police arrived at their home and there was no response, the Gresham-East Multnomah County SWAT Team was called to the home on Southwest Larsson Avenue. Neighbors said their homes were evacuated until about 3 p.m.

Louise Lopes was at home in Mulino when officials arrived around 8:45 p.m. to say her parents were dead, side-by-side in their bed. Louise said her father did not own a gun but may have come to her house for one while she was away at work because her husband's pistol is missing. Her husband, Gary Evans, is in the military and was headed home to Oregon from Afghanistan because of the deaths.
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