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A man who feared that he and the woman he lived with had contracted the coronavirus shot her in the back of the head before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, police said.

Will County deputies conducting a welfare check at the couple's home on on Bruce Road near Volz Avenue in Lockport Township about 8 p.m. Thursday discovered the bodies of Patrick Jesernik, 54, and Cheryl Schriefer, 59, according to a statement released by the sheriff's office Saturday.