Murder-suicide suspected in couple’s shooting deaths

Published 9:53 am Monday, May 2, 2016

MANKATO — Mankato police suspect the shooting deaths of a couple were a murder-suicide.

Fifty-six-year-old Delbert Wilson and his 54-year-old wife, Barbara Ann Wilson, were found dead in their home Thursday night.

The Mankato Department of Public Safety said a preliminary investigation shows that Delbert Wilson shot Barbara Wilson before shooting himself.

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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension assisted in the investigation. The bodies were taken to the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office for autopsies.

Neighbors said the Wilsons were married about a year ago.