Couple found dead in garage in apparent murder-suicide

Deputies called to a Hanover Township home Sunday night found a couple dead of gunshot wounds in the garage.

The man and woman died in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.

Hanover Twp. emergency crews and sheriff's personnel were called to the home in the 3000 block of Morman Road about 9:30 p.m.

They found William Sandlin, 61, dead of a gunshot wound. Michelle Sandlin, 45, who was also shot, was flown to University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where she died a short time later.

The couple was married and the preliminary investigation indicates the shooting was a murder-suicide, according to the sheriff's office. The investigation is on-going.