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2 found shot in home; ex dead in van

MIDDLETOWN, Ind. – Police say investigators believe a man fatally shot his ex-wife and another man at her rural central Indiana home and later killed himself.

Indiana State Police say officers were called to the home a few miles from the Henry County town of Middletown were reported about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, where they found the woman and man dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

Those victims are identified as 38-year-old Ruth Webb and 42-year-old Robert Morrow of Markleville.

About six hours later, officers found a van parked a couple miles away and found 39-year-old Johnny Webb of Middletown dead inside from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police say it appears Johnny Webb shot his ex-wife and Morrow then shot himself a short time later in the area about 30 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

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