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a man, a woman, blood and a gun

Authorities were alerted about 2 p.m. by a 911 caller who said he was working near Old Illinois 13/127 and Pyatt-Cutler Road and had looked into a parked car. He reported seeing a man, a woman, blood and a gun. Deputies and Pinckneyville Ambulance personnel arrived to find both people in the car were dead.

Two people were found dead inside a car Friday afternoon south of Pinckneyville in what might be a case of murder-suicide, according to Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman.

Joseph Swallers, 59, and Irene Swallers, 49, both of Du Quoin, were pronounced dead by Perry County Coroner Paul Searby at 2:51 p.m.

The sheriff said the deaths might be the result a murder-suicide, but they remain under investigation by his department, the coroner’s office and Du Quoin and Pinckneyville police departments.

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