Small community mourns deaths of elderly couple

Published 9:16 am Tuesday, December 10, 2013

IRON RIVER, Wis. — A small community in Bayfield County is mourning the deaths of an elderly couple who were killed in an attack at their home.

Sheriff’s officials identified the couple as Jim Crain, 79, and Eunice Crain, 76, of Iron River. A 44-year-old man who sustained injuries that were not life-threatening during the attack is a suspect in the homicides and is being held under guard at a Duluth, Minn., hospital, Bayfield County sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies responded to a 911 call at the couple’s home shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday about a fight in progress. Authorities found the couple dead in their apartment and the man injured.

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Bayfield County Sheriff Paul Susienka said at a news conference Monday that the suspect was in an induced coma.